kingdom
Meaning
- A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
Frequency
Hyphenated as
king‧dom
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɪŋdəm/
Etymology
From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Old English cyningdōm Middle English kingdom English kingdom
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