realm
pronunciation
How to pronounce realm in British English:
UK [relm]
How to pronounce realm in American English:
US [relm]
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- Noun:
- a domain in which something is dominant
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
Word Origin
- realm
- realm: [13] Realm., régime, and regimen are ultimately the same word. All three come from Latin regimen ‘system of government’, a derivative of the verb regere ‘rule’ (from which English gets rector, regent, register, etc). This passed into Old French, where reiel ‘royal’ was grafted into it, producing realme – whence English realm.=> rector, regal, régime, regimen, register, royal
- realm (n.)
- late 13c., "kingdom," from Old French reaume, probably from roiaume "kingdom," altered (by influence of Latin regalis "regal") from Gallo-Roman *regiminem, accusative form of Latin regimen "system of government, rule" (see regimen). Transferred sense "sphere of activity" is from late 14c.
Example
- 1. In the realm of social media , especially , examples of the consumer as creator abound .
- 2. In the commodity realm , I prefer longer-lasting advantages .
- 3. Perhaps only queen elizabeth ii can rescue her realm from the baleful treaty of lisbon .
- 4. Reaction times shifted into another realm .
- 5. Brief , wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old as human history .