Dictionary Definition
royal adj
1 of or relating to or indicative of or issued or
performed by a king or queen or other monarch; "the royal party";
"the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit"
2 established or chartered or authorized by
royalty; "the Royal Society"
3 being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal
ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"
4 belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;
"golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire";
"treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
[syn: imperial,
majestic, purple, regal]
5 invested with royal power as symbolized by a
crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe"
Noun
1 a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal
mast
2 stag with antlers of 12 or more branches [syn:
royal
stag]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative spellings
- roial (obsolete)
Etymology
From roial (modern royal), from Latin regalis, from rex, reg- ‘king’ + adjective suffix -alis.Pronunciation
- /ˈrɔɪəl/
- Rhymes with: -ɔɪəl
Adjective
- Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
- In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its
sails.
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- royal mast, royal sail
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Synonyms
Translations
kingly
majestic
See: majestic
of mast and sail
- Finnish: röijeli-
Noun
- A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- In the context of "paper|printing": A standard printing-paper size measuring 25 inches x 20 inches.
Derived terms
- Princess Royal
- Royal Air Force
- royal family
- royal flush
- royalist
- royal jelly
- royally
- Royal Mail
- Royal Navy
- royal tennis
- royalty
- royal we
- royal wedding
Related terms
Adjective
royal m (f royale, m plural royaux, f plural royales)- royal
Extensive Definition
Royal may refer to the following:
People
- Darrell Royal, former football coach at the University of Texas
- Ségolène Royal, a French politician and Presidential candidate
Businesses
- Royal Typewriter Company, a leading typewriter company
Places
- Royal, Illinois, a village in the United States
- Royal, Beaufort County, North Carolina
- Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina
Other uses
- A stag with a 12-pointed antler
- Royal (band), a rock band from Norway
royal in German: Royal
royal in French: Royal
royal in Dutch: Royal
royal in Polish: Royal
royal in Finnish: Royal
royal in Swedish: Royal
royal in Volapük: Royal
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advantageous, anointed
king, aristocratic,
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octavo, octodecimo, overlord, paramount, peer, peerage, petty king, pleasant, potentate, prime, prince, prince consort, princelike, princely, princess, profitable, purple, quarto, queen, queenlike, queenly, rank, regal, resplendent, royal
personage, royalty,
ruler, sedate, sextodecimo, simple, sixteenmo, skillful, smooth, sober, solemn, sound, sovereign, splendid, stately, statuesque, super, superb, superior, suzerain, tetrarch, top, twelvemo, untroublesome, useful, valid, venerable, very good, virtuous, viscount, viscountess, worthy