king

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

roi

👑

König

👑

rey

👑

re

👑

koning

👑

rei

👑

βασιλιάς

rei

👑

rex

👑

ملك

👼

şah

ρήγας

kral

👑

heer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʰɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: king

Inherited from Old English: cyng

Cognate with Scots: keeng

Cognate with Northern Frisian: köning

Cognate with Western Frisian: kening

Cognate with Dutch: koning

Cognate with Low German: Koning

Cognate with German: König

Cognate with Danish: konge

Cognate with Norwegian: konge

Cognate with Swedish: konung

Cognate with Icelandic: konungur

Cognate with Polish: ksiądz

Cognate with Russian: князь

Cognate with Church Slavic: кънѧѕь

Cognate with Romanian: chinez

Cognate with Finnish: kuningas

Cognate with Estonian: kuningas

Cognate with Ingrian: kunigas

Cognate with Karelian: kuninkas

Cognate with Livvi: kuńingas

Cognate with Ludian: kuńingas

Cognate with Veps: kuningaz

Cognate with Võro: kuning

Cognate with Votic: 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.

Sentences

Long live the king !

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

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