king

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
2. The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
3. A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
5. A component of certain games.
6. A component of certain games.
7. A component of certain games.
8. A component of certain games.
9. (UK, slang) A king skin.
10. A male dragonfly; a drake.
11. A king-sized bed.
12. A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

Verb

1. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
2. To rule over as king.
3. To perform the duties of a king.
4. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
5. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
6. To dress and perform as a drag king.

Concetti

re

👑

monarca

imperatore

fare dama

rege

dama

superiore

barone

magnate

inca

governare

padrone

politico

principale

sovrano

sinonimi

monarch

ruler

sovereign

emperor

chief

master

lord

prince

🤴

overlord

potentate

imperator

male monarch

tsar

queen

👸

governor

Rex

czar

raja

sultan

tycoon

power

dictator

business leader

headman

world-beater

ace

His Majesty

most important

royal

mogul

tzar

president

top executive

god

magnate

leader

rajah

royalty

chieftain

big businessman

baron

wage

wealthy

billystick

Brahman

caesar

daimyo

great man

learned man

paramount chief

Traduzioni

roi

👑

König

👑

rey

👑

koning

👑

rei

👑

βασιλιάς

rei

👑

rex

👑

ملك

👼

ρήγας

şah

kral

👑

heer

vorst

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kʰɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: king

Ereditato da inglese antico: cyng

Affine scozzese: keeng

Affine frisone settentrionale: köning

Affine frisone occidentale: kening

Affine olandese: koning

Affine basso tedesco: Koning

Affine tedesco: König

Affine danese: konge

Affine norvegese: konge

Affine svedese: konung

Affine islandese: konungur

Affine polacco: ksiądz

Affine russo: князь

Affine slavo ecclesiastico: кънѧѕь

Affine rumeno: chinez

Affine finlandese: kuningas

Affine estone: kuningas

Affine ingrico: kunigas

Affine careliano: kuninkas

Affine Livvi: kuńingas

Affine Ludian: kuńingas

Affine vepso: kuningaz

Affine võro: kuning

Affine voto: kunikaz

In summary

From Middle English king, kyng, from Old English cyng, cyning (“king”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz (“king”), equivalent to kin + -ing. Doublet of cyning and knez.
Cognate with Scots keeng (“king”), North Frisian köning (“king”), West Frisian kening (“king”), Dutch koning (“king”), Low German Koning, Köning (“king”), German König (“king”), Danish konge (“king”), Norwegian konge, Swedish konung, kung (“king”), Icelandic konungur, kóngur (“king”), Polish ksiądz (“priest”), Russian князь (knjazʹ, “prince”), Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ), Romanian chinez, Finnish kuningas (“king”), Estonian kuningas, Ingrian kunigas, Karelian kuninkas, Livvi kuńingas, Ludian kuńingas, Veps kuningaz, Võro kuning and Votic kunikaz. Eclipsed non-native Middle English roy (“king”) (Early Modern English roy), borrowed from Old French roi, rei, rai (“king”).
The verb is inherited from Middle English kyngen, *kingen (“To perform the duties of a king”), itself from the noun king, kyng.

Frasi

Long live the king !

Lunga vita al re!

And yet , none of these people has ever met the old king .

Eppure, nessuna di queste persone ha mai incontrato il vecchio re.

" Learn to recognize omens , and follow them ," the old king had said .

"Impara a riconoscere i presagi e seguili", aveva detto il vecchio re.