regal

Alternative forms

• regall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English regal, borrowed from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”) and real (“unit of currency”).

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.

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.

See also

• kingly
• royal
• splendid
• stately

Anagrams

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, large

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈɡal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈɡal/

Noun

regal m (plural regals)

1. present; gift

Etymology

Derived from rege (“monarch, king or queen”)

Root: reg-

Morphemes: reg- +‎ -al

Adjective

regal

1. regal, royal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgālis. Compare the inherited reial, roial.

Adjective

regal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular regale)

1. regal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡal/

Adjective

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

1. regal