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English

Alternative spellings


Etymology

From roial#Old French|roial (modern #French|royal), from Latin regalis, from rex|rex, reg- ‘king’ + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɔɪəl/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-royal.ogg


Adjective

  1. Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
  2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
  3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
  4. :* royal mast, royal sail


Synonyms


Translations

  • Danish: royal, kongelig
  • Dutch:
  • Estonian: kuninglik
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t+|el|βασιλικός|sc=Grek}}
  • Hungarian:

See: majestic

Noun

  1. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
  2. In the Context of A standard printing-paper size measuring 25 inches x 20 inches.


Derived terms

Related terms


See also

Category:Paper sizes

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French

Pronunciation


Adjective

{{fr-infl-adj|sm=royal|sf=royale|pm=royaux|pf=royales|smp=ʁwa.jal|sfp=ʁwa.jal|pmp=ʁwa.jɔ|pfp=ʁwa.jal}} royal m (f royale, m plural royaux, f plural royales)

  1. royal


da:royal et:royal el:royal fr:royal ko:royal io:royal id:royal it:royal hu:royal pl:royal ru:royal fi:royal ta:royal te:royal vi:royal zh:royal

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F.
royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and
cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]
1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable
for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or
prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
[1913 Webster]

2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
[1913 Webster]

How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted
by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal
Society.
[1913 Webster]

Battle royal. See under Battle.

Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.)

Royal eagle. (Zool.) See Golden eagle, under Golden.

Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See
Osmund.

Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast
and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The
royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.


Royal metal, an old name for gold.

Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree
(Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida.

Royal pheasant. See Curassow.

Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.


Royal tern (Zool.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna
maxima}).

Royal tiger. (Zool.) See Tiger.

Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand
of a king, with the view of restoring to health; --
formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the
scrofula, or king's evil.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike;
princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid;
illustrious; noble; magnanimous.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Royal \Roy"al\, n.
1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under
paper, n.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant
sail. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler,
as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Gun.) A small mortar.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mil.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot
of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and
supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now
called the Royal Scots.
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6. An old English coin. See Rial.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet 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"
n 1: a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
2: stag with antlers of 12 or more branches [syn: royal stag]
Moby Dictionary
advantageous , anointed king , aristocratic , august , auspicious ,
baron , baroness , baronial , beneficial , benevolent , bon , bonny ,
braw , bueno , capital , champion , chief , chieftain , classical ,
cogent , commendable , courtly , crown , crowned head , dignified ,
duchess , duke , duodecimo , dynast , dynastic , earl , effortless ,
eighteenmo , elegant , emperor , estimable , excellent , expedient ,
facile , fair , famous , favorable , fine , folio , front , glorious ,
good , goodly , grand , grand duke , grandiose , grave , healthy ,
helpful , high chief , imperator , imperatorial , imperatorious ,
imperial , imperious , imposing , impressive , kind , king ,
king-emperor , kinglet , kinglike , kingly , laudable , light ,
lord paramount , lordly , magisterial , magnificent , majestic ,
majesty , medium , monarch , monarchal , monarchial , monarchic ,
monarchical , nice , nobility , noble , nobleman , noblewoman ,
number one , 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


Royal, AR Zip code(s): 71968 Royal, IA (city, FIPS 69105) Location: 43.06395 N, 95.28315 W Population (1990): 466 (212 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51357 Royal, IL (village, FIPS 66157) Location: 40.19198 N, 87.97135 W Population (1990): 217 (113 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Royal, NE (village, FIPS 42495) Location: 42.33270 N, 98.12502 W Population (1990): 81 (46 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68773 Royal, TN Zip code(s): 37160
Moby Dictionary 75
Housing Units (2000): 40
Land area (2000): 0.143227 sq. miles (0.370956 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.143227 sq. miles (0.370956 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42495
Located within: Nebraska (NE) , FIPS 31
Location: 42.333688 N , 98.123833 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68773
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Royal , NE
Royal
Moby Dictionary 279
Housing Units (2000): 133
Land area (2000): 0.225019 sq. miles (0.582796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.225019 sq. miles (0.582796 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66157
Located within: Illinois (IL) , FIPS 17
Location: 40.193408 N , 87.973189 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Royal , IL
Royal
Moby Dictionary 479
Housing Units (2000): 219
Land area (2000): 0.293103 sq. miles (0.759132 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.293103 sq. miles (0.759132 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69105
Located within: Iowa (IA) , FIPS 19
Location: 43.063951 N , 95.284790 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51357
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Royal , IA
Royal
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