different between regale vs regave

English

Etymology

From French régaler (“to entertain, feast”), from Old French regale, rigale, from gale (“merriment”), probably of Germanic origin (see Old French galer). Influenced by Old French se rigoler (“amuse oneself, rejoice”), of unknown origin. Compare Middle High German begalen (“to charm; enchant”), English gale (“to sing; charm”). Compare also English gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????e?l/, /????e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

regale (plural regales)

1. A feast, meal.

Translations

Verb

regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)

1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]
2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th-19th c.]
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:

     she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.

4. (figuratively, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.

   to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear

Translations

Anagrams

• Alegre, Eargle, Legare, Reagle, aleger

Italian

Etymology

From Latin r?g?lis, r?g?lem. Doublet of reale.

Adjective

regale (plural regali)

1. royal
2. regal

Related terms

• re
• regalismo
• regalità
• regalmente

Anagrams

• galere
• gelare
• gelerà
• legare
• relega

Latin

Adjective

r?g?le

1. nominative neuter singular of r?g?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of r?g?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of r?g?lis

References

• regale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Noun

regale m

1. locative singular of rega?
2. vocative singular of rega?

Spanish

Verb

regale

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of regalar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of regalar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of regalar.

English

Verb

regave

1. simple past tense of regive

Anagrams

• greave