karaliene
See also: karalienē
Latvian
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Etymology
From karalis (“king”) + -ene (“fem.”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
karaliene f (5th declension, masculine form: karalis)
- queen (female monarch of a kingdom; her title)
- Skotijas, Īrijas un Anglijas karaliene Marija II Stjuarta ― the queen of Scotland, Ireland and England, Mary II Stuart
- karaliene Kristīne ― Queen Kristīne
- queen (the wife of a king)
- karalis ar karalieni atgriezās Berlīnē 1809. gadā ― the king and the queen returned to Berlin in 1809
- queen (the most important, influential or outstanding woman or female being in a group)
- skaistuma karaliene ― beauty queen
- sporta karaliene ― sports queen
- dziedoņu karaliene: lakstīgala ― the queen of singers (= songbirds): the nightingale
Declension
Declension of karaliene (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | karaliene | karalienes |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | karalieni | karalienes |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | karalienes | karalieņu |
dative (datīvs) | karalienei | karalienēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | karalieni | karalienēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | karalienē | karalienēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | karaliene | karalienes |
Synonyms
- cariene
- imperatore, imperatrise
- ķeizariene
- (dated term) ķēniņiene