king
noun/kɪŋ/
Слово англійською: king
Переклад king українською: коро́ль
Детальний опис
- the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family
- the kings and queens of England
- the French king
- to be crowned king
- King George V
Wordfindersee also pearly king- abdicate
- accede
- crown
- king
- government
- monarch
- throne
- reign
- royal
- succession
- king (of something) a person, an animal or a thing that is thought to be the best or most important of a particular type
- the king of comedy
- The lion is the king of the jungle.
- used in compounds with the names of animals or plants to describe a very large type of the thing mentioned
- a king penguin
- the most important piece used in the game of chess, that can move one square in any direction
- a playing card with the picture of a king on it
Word OriginOld English cyning, cyng, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koning and German König, also to kin.
Idioms
a king’s ransom
- (literary) a very large amount of money
the uncrowned king/queen (of something)
- the person considered to be the best, most famous or successful in a particular place or area of activity