Regal Definition

rēgəl

adjective

Of a monarch; royal.

Webster's New World

Belonging to or befitting a monarch.

Regal attire.

American Heritage

Characteristic of, like, or fit for a monarch; splendid, stately, magnificent, etc.

Webster's New World

Of or having to do with royalty.

Regal authority; the regal title.

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noun

(obsolete, music) A small, portable organ played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Other Word Forms of Regal

Noun

Singular:

regal

Plural:

regals

Origin of Regal

From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal"), from Latin regalis (“royal, kingly"), from Latin rex (“king"); also regere (“to rule").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin rēgālis from rēx rēg- king reg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition