different between regal vs lordly

English

Alternative forms

• regall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i???l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin r?g?lis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”) and real (“unit of currency”). Cognate with Spanish real.

Adjective

regal (comparative more regal, superlative most regal)

1. Of or relating to royalty.
2. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
3. Befitting a king, or emperor.

Coordinate terms

• reginal

Related terms

• regime
• regimen

Translations

See also

• kingly
• royal
• splendid
• stately

Etymology 2

From Middle French régale, possibly from Old French regol (“a gutter, channel”).

Noun

regal (plural regals)

1. (music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; today it has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
2. An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called Vox Humana.

Translations

Anagrams

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, large

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re??al/

Noun

regal m (plural regals)

1. present; gift

Related terms

• regalar

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?g?lis. Compare the inherited reial, roial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??al/

Adjective

regal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular regale)

1. regal

Synonyms

• roial

Descendants

• English: regal

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin r?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re??al/

Adjective

regal m or n (feminine singular regal?, masculine plural regali, feminine and neuter plural regale)

1. royal
2. regal

Declension

Synonyms

• regesc

Antonyms

• neregal
• neregesc

Related terms

• rege

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French régal.

Noun

regal n (plural regale)

1. feast
2. banquet

English

Alternative forms

• Lordly

Etymology

From Middle English louerdlich, lordlyche, lordeliche, from Old English hl?fordl?? (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord +? -ly.

The adverb is from Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??(?)dli/

Adjective

lordly (comparative lordlier or more lordly, superlative lordliest or most lordly)

1. Of or relating to a lord.

   Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.

   • 1880, John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 248 - Page 60:

     But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible.

   • 2006, Steve Wharton, Screening Reality - Page 104:

     [...] in that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character- forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.

   • 2011, Thomas Smith, C. Matthew McMahon, Therese B. McMahon, Select Memoirs of the English and Scottish Divines: - Page 282:

     Samson, in reply to this, says, “If you are not lordly, nor value your lordly title, as you tell me, and I trust in truth and sincerity, shall I call you a phoenix?

   • 2011, Mary Jane Staples, Appointment At The Palace: An Adams Family Saga Novel - Page 275:

     [...] he's still got his lordly habits, and more so since coming out of the war as a general.' 'A colonel, Sammy,' said Rachel. 'Same thing, good as,' said Sammy. 'Boots, of course, does wear his lordly crown with style,' said Rachel. 'Don't I know it?

2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
   • 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memorium A. H. H.

     The maidens gathered strength and grace / And presence, lordlier than before.
4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Derived terms

• lordliness

Translations

Adverb

lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest)

1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
   • 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation,^[1] Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56,

     […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […]

Anagrams

• drolly