regal

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
2. Befitting a monarch.
3. Befitting a monarch.

Noun

1. A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
2. An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.

Synonyms

royal

majestic

kingly

imperial

dignified

purple

princely

noble

lofty

kinglike

stately

splendid

august

palatine

awful

grand

king

👑

lordly

magnificent

prince

🤴

queenly

royalty

rule over

ruler

Translations

regio

royal

βασιλικός

basilicus

vorstelijk

real

koninklijk

regalis

regius

königlich

reale

regale

regio

regificus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːɡəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: regal

Cognate with Spanish: real

In summary

From Middle English regal, 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”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real.