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Webster 1913 Edition

Regal

Re′gal

(rē′gal)
,
Adj.
[L.
regalis
, fr.
rex
,
regis
, a king. See
Royal
, and cf.
Rajah
,
Realm
,
Regalia
.]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal;
as,
regal
authority, pomp, or sway
.
“The regal title.”
Shak.
He made a scorn of his
regal
oath.
Milton.
Syn. – Kingly; royal. See
Kingly
.

Re′gal

,
Noun.
[F.
régale
, It.
regale
. CF.
Rigoll
.]
(Mus.)
A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, – used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Webster 1828 Edition

Regal

RE'GAL

,
Adj.
[L. regalis, from rex, L. rectus. See Reck and Reckon.]
Pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as a regal title; regal authority; regal state, pomp or splendor; regal power or sway. But we say, a royal or kingly government, not a regal one. We never say, a regal territory, regal dominions, regal army, or regal navy. Regal expresses what is more personal.

RE'GAL

,
Noun.
A musical instrument.

Definition 2024

Regal

Regal

See also: regal, regał, regál, and régal

German

Noun

Regal n ‎(genitive Regals or Regales, plural Regale)

  1. shelf, rack
Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin regalia.

Noun

Regal n ‎(genitive Regals or Regales, plural Regalien)

  1. a right/privilege of a sovereign state or ruler; (in the plural) regalia
    Wichtige Regalien waren das Recht auf Besetzung der Bischofsämter und das Recht zur Erbauung von Pfalzen.‎
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regal

regal

See also: Regal, regał, regál, and régal

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

regal ‎(comparative more regal, superlative most regal)

  1. Of or having to do with royalty.
    regal authority;   the regal title‎
    • John Milton (1608-1674)
      He made a scorn of his regal oath.
  2. Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.

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Translations

Noun

regal ‎(plural regals)

  1. (obsolete, music) A small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈɣaɫ/

Noun

regal m ‎(plural regals)

  1. present; gift

Related terms

Novial

Etymology

Derived from rege, a monarch, king or queen.

Root: reg-.

Morphemes: reg- + -al.

Adjective

regal

  1. regal, royal

Related terms

rege { n } monarch
rego { n } king
rega { n } queen
regia { n } kingdom
regira { v } reign
regiro { n } reign
regido { n } royal prince
regida { n } royal princess
viserego { n } viceroy
regonal { adj } kingly
reganal { adj } queenly

Old French

Etymology

Latin regalis

Adjective

regal m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular regale)

  1. regal

Synonyms

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin regalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈgal/

Adjective

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

  1. regal

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Etymology

Compare Dutch riool.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the form Regal existed alongside the form Real.

Bücherregale

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁeˈɡaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

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