király

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from South Slavic, probably from Serbo-Croatian. Cognate with contemporary Serbo-Croatian krȃlj, Slovene králj, Turkish kral, Bulgarian крал (kral), Slovak kráľ, from Proto-Slavic *korľь (“king”), itself from Old High German Karl, the name of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkiraːj] Hyphenation: ki‧rály Rhymes: -aːj === Noun === király (plural királyok) king (a male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation) (chess) king (card games) king ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === király (comparative királyabb, superlative legkirályabb) (slang) awesome, cool, dope, wicked, sick Synonyms: csúcs, frankó, klassz, oltári, szuper, zsír ==== Declension ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian words with ly === References === === Further reading === király in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.