regal
English
/ˈɹiːɡəl/
adj
Definitions
- Of or relating to royalty.
- Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English regal borrowed from Old French regal (royal, regal) derived from Latin rēgālis (royal, regal, kingly).
Origin
Latin
rēgālis
Gloss
royal, regal, kingly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interregal English
- regalism English
- regalist English
- regally English
- regalness English
- superregal English
- unregal English
- unregally English
- viceregal English
- viceregally English
- *rēgālitās Latin
- regalis, rēgālis Latin
- regaliter Latin
- reālis Latin
- rēgālis Latin
- reaal Dutch, Flemish
- réal French
- Puerto Real Spanish, Castilian
- pitorreal Spanish, Castilian
- real Spanish, Castilian
- realeza Spanish, Castilian
- realista Spanish, Castilian
- realmente Spanish, Castilian
- zorzal real Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- regal Middle English
- réal Irish
- ريال Arabic
- ﷼ Arabic
- regal Old French
- roial Old French
- reial Catalan, Valencian
- real Galician
- regal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ریال Persian
- reial Occitan
- reâl Friulian
- reial xno
- yáál Navajo, Navaho
- tozanreal Northern Puebla Nahuatl
- lial O'odham