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 Definitions of royal  [ˈrɔɪ əl]  

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Definition of 'royal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) royal
of or pertaining to a king, queen, or other sovereign:
a royal palace.

2.  royal
descended from or related to a king or line of kings:
a royal prince.

3.  royal
noting or having the rank of a king or queen.

4.  royal
established or chartered by or existing under the patronage of a sovereign:
a royal society.

5.  royal
proceeding from or performed by a sovereign:
a royal warrant.

6.  royal
appropriate to or befitting a sovereign; magnificent; stately.

7.  royal
serving or subject to a sovereign.

8.  royal
(usu. cap.) in the service of the British monarch or the Commonwealth:
Royal Air Force.

9.  royal
fine; excellent:
in royal spirits.

10.  royal
Informal. extreme or persistent; unmitigated:
a royal pain.

11. (n.) royal
a sail set on a royal mast.

12.  royal
Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.

13.  royal
a size of printing paper, 20 &xtimes; 25 in. (51 &xtimes; 64 cm).

14.  royal
a size of writing paper, 19 &xtimes; 24 in. (48 &xtimes; 61 cm).

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < MF < L rēgālis kingly =rēg- (s. of rēx) king +-ālis -al1; cf. regal)

Definition of 'royal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) royal
a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast

2. (adj) royal, royal stag
stag with antlers of 12 or more branches

3. (adj) royal
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
"the royal party"; "the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"

4. (adj) royal
established or chartered or authorized by royalty
"the Royal Society"

5. (adj) royal
being of the rank of a monarch
"of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"

6. (adj) imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
"golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

7. (adj) royal
invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
"the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe"


Definition of 'royal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) royal
belonging to or relating to a monarch or monarchy
a royal wedding; the royal carriage


Definition of 'royal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) royal
kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state

2. (adj) royal
noble; generous; magnificent; princely

3. (adj) royal
under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society

4. (noun) royal
printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n

5. (noun) royal
a small sail immediately above the topgallant sail

6. (noun) royal
one of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag

7. (noun) royal
a small mortar

8. (noun) royal
one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots

9. (noun) royal
an old English coin. See Rial


Translation of 'royal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of, concerning etc a king, queen etc
the royal family; His Royal Highness Prince Charles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: koninklik Arabic flag Arabic: مَلَكي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кралски
Brazilian flag Brazilian: real Czech flag Czech: královský German flag German: königlich
Danish flag Danish: kongelig; konge-; royal Greek flag Greek: βασιλικός Spanish flag Spanish: real
Estonian flag Estonian: kuninglik Farsi flag Farsi: سلطنتی Finnish flag Finnish: kuninkaallinen
French flag French: royal Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַלכוּתִי Hindi flag Hindi: शाही
Croatian flag Croatian: kraljevski Hungarian flag Hungarian: királyi Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerajaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: konunglegur Italian flag Italian: reale Japanese flag Japanese: 王の
Korean flag Korean: 국왕의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karališkas(is) Latvian flag Latvian: karalisks
Malay flag Malay: kerabat diraja Dutch flag Dutch: koninklijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: kongelig, konge-
Polish flag Polish: królewski Persian flag Persian: سلطنتی Pashto flag Pashto: سلطنتی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: real Romanian flag Romanian: regal Russian flag Russian: королевский
Slovak flag Slovak: kráľovský Slovenian flag Slovenian: kraljevski Serbian flag Serbian: kraljevski
Swedish flag Swedish: kunglig, kunga- Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับราชวงศ์ Turkish flag Turkish: kraliyet
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 皇家的,王室的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: королівський Urdu flag Urdu: شاہی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc hoàng gia Chinese flag Chinese: 皇家的,(王室)的

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