royal

See also: Royal

§English

§Alternative forms

• roial (obsolete), roiall (obsolete), royall (obsolete)

§Etymology

Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēg-, the stem of rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔɪəl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɪəl

§Adjective

royal (comparative more royal, superlative most royal)

1. Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
   • 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:

     He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
   • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

     How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?

3. (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

   royal mast;  royal sail

4. (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. (informal) Used as an intensifier.

   a royal pain in the neck

§Synonyms

• (of a monarch): kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal
• (having a monarch's air): majestic, stately, regal
• (informal intensifier): major

§Derived terms

Terms derived from royal (adjective)

give the royal treatment rhyme royal Royal royal albatross royal family royal flush

royalist royal jelly royal kite royally royal moth royal spoonbill

royal walnut royal walnut moth royal tennis royalty royal we royal wedding

§Related terms

• real estate

§Translations

of or relating to a monarch or their family

• Arabic: ملكي (malakī)
• Belarusian: карале́ўскі m (karaljéŭski)
• Catalan: reial
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 王室的 (zh) (wángshì de)

• Czech: královský (cs)
• Danish: royal (da), kongelig
• Dutch: koninklijk (nl)
• Esperanto: reĝa
• Estonian: kuninglik
• Finnish: kuninkaallinen (fi)
• French: royal (fr)
• German: königlich (de)
• Greek: βασιλικός (el) (vasilikós)
• Hungarian: királyi (hu)
• Icelandic: konunglegur (is)
• Ido: rejala (io)
• Irish: ríoga
• Italian: reale (it), regale
• Japanese: 王の (ja) (ō no), 王室の (ja) (ōshitsu no)

• Jèrriais: rouoya
• Korean: 왕실의 (wangsir-eui)
• Latvian: karalisks, ķēnišķīgs
• Lithuanian: karališkas (lt)
• Macedonian: кралски m (králski)
• Malay: diraja (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kongelig

  Nynorsk: kongeleg

• Novial: regal
• Old French: roial
• Old Provençal: reial
• Persian: شایگان (fa) (šâygân)
• Polish: królewski (pl)
• Portuguese: real (pt)
• Romanian: regal (ro) m, regală (ro) f
• Russian: королевский (ru) (korolévskij), царский (ru) (cárskij) (related to tsars, tsarist)
• Scottish Gaelic: rìoghail
• Spanish: real (es)
• Swedish: kunglig (sv)
• Volapük: (♂♀) regik (vo), (♂) hiregik, (♀) jiregik

majestic — see majestic

§Noun

royal (plural royals)

1. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
2. (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
3. (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
4. The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
5. (nautical) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
6. An old English gold coin, the rial.
7. (military) A small mortar.

§Translations

royal person

• Finnish: kuninkaallinen

standard size of printing paper

• Finnish: royal

intended Australian decimal currency

• Finnish: royal

fourth tine of an antler's beam

• Finnish: royal

nautical: a sail

• Finnish: röijeli, röijelipurje
• French: cacatois (fr)
• German: Royalsegel

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: røyl m

• Portuguese: real (pt)
• Russian: бом-бра́мсель m (bom-brámselʹ)
• Spanish: real (es)
• Swedish: röjel (sv), bovenbramsegel, överbramsegel

old English gold coin — see rial

military: small mortar

§See also

Other semantically related terms

emperor imperial king monarch

prince princess queen

§Anagrams

• aroyl

---

§French

§Etymology

Old French roial, from Latin rēgālis, from rēg-, the stem of rēx (“king”).

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁwa.jal/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Homophones: royale, royales

§Adjective

royal m (feminine royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)

1. royal (of or relating to a monarch or their family)

§External links

• “royal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

---

§Middle French

§Adjective

royal m (feminine singular royale, masculine plural royaulx, feminine plural royales)

1. royal (of or relating to a monarch or their family)