regal

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹiːɡəl/ Rhymes: -iːɡəl Hyphenation: re‧gal === Etymology 1 === 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, Italian reale, Catalan reial. ==== Alternative forms ==== regall (obsolete) ==== Adjective ==== regal (comparative more regal, superlative most regal) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty. Befitting a monarch. (strictly) Befitting a king or emperor. Coordinate term: reginal ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English regal, from Middle French régale, possibly from Old French regol (“a gutter, channel”). Doublet of rail, regula, rigol, and rule. ==== Alternative forms ==== regall (obsolete) rigole ==== Noun ==== regal (plural regals) (music) 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. (music) 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. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, large == Catalan == === Etymology === Deverbal from regalar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəˈɣal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [reˈɣal] === Noun === regal m (plural regals) present, gift Synonym: present === Further reading === “regal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “regal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “regal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “regal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Old English == === Noun === regal m alternative form of regol == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēgālem. Doublet of roial, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reˈɡal/ === Adjective === regal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular regale) regal ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: regal → Middle English: regal English: regal == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin rēgālis. By surface analysis, rege +‎ -al. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /reˈɡal/ ==== Adjective ==== regal m or n (feminine singular regală, masculine plural regali, feminine/neuter plural regale) royal regal ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== regesc ===== Antonyms ===== neregal neregesc ===== Related terms ===== rege === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French régal. ==== Noun ==== regal n (plural regale) feast banquet