royal
pronunciation
How to pronounce royal in British English:
UK [ˈrɔɪəl]
How to pronounce royal in American English:
US [ˈrɔɪəl]
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- Noun:
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
- being of the rank of a monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
Word Origin
- royal
- royal: [14] Royal and regal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to the Latin adjective rēgālis, a derivative of rēx ‘king’. But whereas regal was probably borrowed direct from Latin, royal was acquired via Old French, where rēgālis became roial.=> regal
- royal (adj.)
- mid-13c., "fit for a king;" late 14c., "pertaining to a king," from Old French roial "royal, regal; splendid, magnificent" (12c., Modern French royal), from Latin regalis "of a king, kingly, royal, regal," from rex (genitive regis) "king" (see rex). Meaning "thorough, total" attested from 1940s; that of "splendid, first-rate" from 1853. Battle royal (1670s) preserves the French custom of putting the adjective after the noun (as in attorney general); the sense of the adjective here is "on a grand scale" (compare pair-royal "three of a kind in cards or dice," c. 1600). The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.
- royal (n.)
- "royal person," c. 1400, from royal (adj.). Specifically "member of the royal family" from 1774.
Example
- 1. Beyond canary wharf are the rather spectacular royal docks .
- 2. Greek sovereign bonds might soon be sold " by royal approval " .
- 3. He missed the royal bus by 15 metres and came to a stop when he struck a monument .
- 4. Look at the royal couple .
- 5. Take the royal bank of scotland .