kingdom
English
/ˈkɪŋdəm/
noun
Definitions
- A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kingdom inherited from Old English cyningdōm inherited from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz suffix from English king.
Origin
English
king
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- King's Daughters English
- Kingdomtide English
- Kingston English
- Kingstree English
- United Kingdom English
- antiking English
- dragonking English
- foreking English
- ghostking English
- god-king English
- high king English
- infrakingdom English
- interkingdom English
- kin English
- king English
- kingbird English
- kingbolt English
- kingcraft English
- kingcroaker English
- kingcup English
- kingdomed English
- kingdomless English
- kingfish English
- kingfisher English
- kinghood English
- kingless English
- kinglet English
- kinglike English
- kingling English
- kingly English
- kingmake English
- kingmaker English
- kingmaking English
- kingpin English
- kingric English
- kingship English
- kingslayer English
- kingsman English
- kingsnake English
- kingwood English
- make-king English
- merking English
- merkingdom English
- nonking English
- overking English
- overkingdom English
- priest-king English
- subking English
- subkingdom English
- superkingdom English
- transkingdom English
- underking English
- underkingdom English
- united English
- unking English
- unkingdom English
- König German
- Königtum German
- koning Dutch, Flemish
- koningdom Dutch, Flemish
- *kuningadōmaz Proto-Germanic
- döme Swedish
- kung Swedish
- kungadöme Swedish
- キング Japanese
- cyningdom Old English
- cyningdōm Old English
- king Middle English
- kingdom Middle English
- konungdómr Old Norse
- konge Danish
- kongedømme Danish
- konungdómur Icelandic
- konungur Icelandic
- यूनाइटेड किंगडम Hindi
- คิง Thai
- King Cebuano
- koninghdom Middle Dutch
- ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း Burmese
- *kuningduom Old Dutch
- 킹 Korean
- یونائٹڈ کنگڈم Urdu
- kiin̄ Marshallese
- king Tok Pisin
- K@Shoulder K@Abdomen American Sign Language
- kin
- king
- united
- kingly
- unking
- nonking
- kinglet
- subking
- kingcup
- kingric
- merking
- kingpin
- overking
- Kingston
- kingship
- kinghood
- kingling
- kingsman
- kingless
- antiking
- kingbolt
- foreking
- kingbird
- kinglike
- kingwood
- kingmake
- kingfish
- god-king
- ghostking
- unkingdom
- Kingstree
- kingmaker
- underking
- make-king
- high king
- kingdomed
- kingcraft
- kingsnake
- kingfisher
- dragonking
- kingmaking
- kingslayer
- merkingdom
- subkingdom
- kingdomless
- kingcroaker
- overkingdom
- Kingdomtide
- priest-king
- transkingdom
- underkingdom
- superkingdom
- interkingdom
- infrakingdom
- United Kingdom
- King's Daughters