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English

Alternative forms

• r. (abbreviation)
• roial, roiall, royall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin r?g?lis, from r?x (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”) and real (“unit of currency”). Cognate with Spanish real.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Adjective

royal (comparative more royal, superlative most royal)

1. Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
   • 2011, Marilyn Price, Grandma's Cookies (page 7)

     On the first Friday morning of his kingship he went into the kitchen and called for his royal chef.

2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
3. (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

4. (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. (informal) Used as an intensifier.

Synonyms

• (of a monarch): kingly (of a king), monarchical, princely (of a prince), queenly (of a queen), regal, roy (obsolete)
• (having a monarch's air): majestic, regal, stately
• (informal intensifier): major

Derived terms

Related terms

• real (“unit of currency”)
• realm

Translations

Noun

royal (plural royals)

1. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
2. (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
3. (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
4. (dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
6. The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
7. A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
8. (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
9. An old English gold coin, the rial.
10. (military) A small mortar.
11. (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
12. A tuft of beard on the lower lip.

    Synonym: imperial

13. (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Aylor, aroyl, orlay

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro?yal

Noun

royal m or f (plural royals, diminutive [please provide])

1. royal

French

Etymology

From Middle French roial, from Old French roial, from earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin r?g?lis, from r?x (“king”) + -?lis. Equivalent to roi +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa.jal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Homophones: royale, royales

Adjective

royal (feminine singular royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)

1. royal (of or relating to a monarch or their family)

Derived terms

Related terms

• reine (< r?g?na)
• roi (< r?x)
• royaume

Further reading

• “royal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch royaal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin r?g?lis, from r?x (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ro.jal]
• Hyphenation: ro?yal

Adjective

royal

1. (figuratively) extravagant, lavish.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “royal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• roial, roiall, royall, royalle, roialle, roall

Etymology

From Old French roial, from Latin r?g?lis. Doublet of ryal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?i?al/

Adjective

royal (plural and weak singular royalle, comparative royaller, superlative royallyst) (Late Middle English)

1. royal, of a king,
2. kinglike, reminiscent of a king
3. majestic, appropriate for a king, kingly
4. opulent, expensive, fine
5. noble, princely

Related terms

• royalte

Descendants

• English: royal
• Scots: royal

References

• “roial, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Noun

royal (Late Middle English)

1. A royal; a member of royalty.
2. A noble; a member of nobility.

Descendants

• English: royal

References

• “roial, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Adverb

royal (Late Middle English)

1. wonderfully

References

• “roial, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Middle French

Etymology

Variant spelling of roial.

Alternative forms

• roial
• real

Adjective

royal m (feminine singular royale, masculine plural royaulx, feminine plural royales)

1. royal (of or relating to a monarch or their family)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

royal m or f (plural royales)

1. royal (member of the British royal family)
2. (Chile) baking powder (dry leavening agent used in baking)

English

Etymology

From obsolete Russian ??????? (mámant), modern ??????? (mámont), probably from a Uralic language, such as Proto-Mansi *m???-o?t (“earth-horn”). Compare Northern Mansi ??? (m?, “earth”), ????? (?n?t, “horn”). Adjectival use was popularized in the early 1800s by references to the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese presented to American paleontologist and president Thomas Jefferson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæm??/

Noun

mammoth (plural mammoths)

1. Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
2. (obsolete) A mastodon.
3. (figuratively) Something very large of its kind.
   • 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil (page 46)

     That is a lot of ship, about the the size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ???????? (m?m??)
• ? Hebrew: ????????? (mamúta)
• ? Hindi: ???? (maimath)
• ? Japanese: ???? (manmosu)
• ? Khmer: ???????? (maammout)
• ? Korean: ??? (maemeodeu)
• ? Thai: ?????? (m?m-m???t)

Adjective

mammoth (comparative more mammoth, superlative most mammoth)

1. Comparable to a mammoth in its size; very large, huge, gigantic.
   • 1898, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, in Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies to La Fontaine),

     “Ha! ha!” he proudly cried, “a fig / For this, your mammoth torso! / Just watch me while I grow as big / As you—or even more so!”

   • 1999, Albert Isaac Slomovitz, The Fighting Rabbis: Jewish Military Chaplains and American History, New York University Press, page 103.

Synonyms

• (very large): colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, titanic
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• mammoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia