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[edit] English

The white and black kings (chess)

A king piece in shogi. Sometimes just 王.

[edit] Etymology

From Old English cyning, from Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Dutch koning, German König, Swedish kung/konung, Slavic *kъnędzь.

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: kĭng, IPA: /kɪŋ/, SAMPA: /kIN/
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[edit] Noun

king (plural kings)

A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.

Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.

A powerful or influential person.

Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".

(chess) The principal playing piece in chess or variations of chess.

A playing card with the image of a king on it.

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(male monarch): emperor, empress, maharajah, prince, princess, queen, regent, royalty, viceroy
(playing card): ace, jack, joker, queen

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(chess pieces) chessman, chess piece, chess piece, chesspiece; bishop, castle/rook, king, knight, pawn, queen ^{(Category: Chess)} ^[edit]
(playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker ^[edit]

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[hide ▲]a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation

Afrikaans: koning af(af) Akkadian: 𒈗 (LUGAL) Albanian: mbret sq(sq) m. Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς m., ἄναξ m. Arabic: ملك (málik) m. Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܠܟܐ (malkā') m. Hebrew: מלכא (malkā') m. Armenian: թագավոր hy(hy) (t’agavor), արքա hy(hy) (ark’a) Old Armenian: թագաւոր (tʿagawor), արքայ (arkʿay) Aymara: malku ay(ay) Bavarian: Kine Bengali: রাজা bn(bn) (raja) Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m. Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl. Bulgarian: цар bg(bg) (tsar) Catalan: rei m. Chinese: Croatian: kralj hr(hr) m. Czech: král cs(cs) m. Danish: konge da(da) c. Dutch: koning nl(nl) m. Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo) Estonian: kuningas et(et) Ewe: fiaŋutsu m. Finnish: kuningas fi(fi) French: roi fr(fr) m. Georgian: მეფე ka(ka) (mep'e) German: König de(de) m. Greek: βασιλιάς el(el) (vasiliás) Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m. Hindi: राजा (rājā) Hittite: 𒈗 (LUGAL) Hungarian: király hu(hu) Icelandic: konungur is(is) m., kóngur is(is) m. Ido: rejulo io(io) Ilocano: ari Indonesian: raja id(id) Irish: rí ga(ga) m. Italian: re it(it) m. Japanese: 国王 (こくおう, kokuō), 王様 (おうさま, ōsama), 王 (おう, ō) Kazakh: хан kk(kk) (xan) Korean: 임금 (imgeum), 왕 (wang, 王) Kurdish: paşa ku(ku) m., key ku(ku) m., qiral ku(ku) m., melik ku(ku) m., şah ku(ku) m., شاه ku(ku), مه‌لیک ku(ku) Kölsch: Künnisch		Latin: rex la(la) m. Latvian: karalis lv(lv) m. Lithuanian: karalius lt(lt) m. Lower Sorbian: kral m., kralik m. Macedonian: крал mk(mk) (kral) m. Malay: raja ms(ms), sultan ms(ms) Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m. Maltese: re mt(mt) m. Mandarin: 国王，國王 cmn(cmn) (guó wáng) Northern Sami: gonagas Norwegian: konge no(no) m.; kong no(no) m. (when used in title) Old English: cyning ang(ang) m., landfruma ang(ang) m. Old French: roi, rei Old High German: kuning m. Persian: شاه fa(fa) (šāh), پادشاه fa(fa) (padešāh) Polish: król pl(pl) m. Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m. Romanian: rege ro(ro) Russian: король ru(ru) (korol') m., царь ru(ru) (tsar') m. ancient, biblical or pertaining to Russian history - (tsar) Sanskrit: राजा (rājā), केसरी (Kesari) Scottish Gaelic: rìgh m. Serbian: Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m. Roman: kralj m. Sinhala: රජ (raja) Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m. Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m. Sotho: morena st(st) Spanish: rey es(es) m. Sumerian: 𒈗 (LUGAL) Swahili: mfalme sw(sw) Swedish: kung sv(sv) (archaic konung sv(sv)) c. Tagalog: hari Taos: láyna Telugu: రాజు (raaju) Thai: ราชา (rāshā), กษัตริย์ th(th) (kasat) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Transalpine Gaulish: rix Turkish: kral tr(tr) Vietnamese: vua vi(vi), quốc vương vi(vi) Volapük: reg vo(vo), hireg vo(vo) Welsh: brenin cy(cy) m. West Frisian: kening m. Yiddish: קיניג yi(yi) (kinig) m. Yup'ik: taamaq
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[show ▼]A powerful or influential person

[show ▼]a playing piece in chess

[show ▼]a playing card with the image of a king in it

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[edit] Verb

to king (third-person singular simple present kings, present participle kinging, simple past and past participle kinged)

(transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards.

[edit] Translations

Catalan: coronar
Italian: fare dama
Spanish: coronar es(es)

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Most common English words: women « cried « general « #360: king » nature » answered » thousand

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gink

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king

shoe

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish ceinn, cinn genitive singular and nominative plural, respectively, of cenn (“head”).

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king m.

genitive singular form of kione
plural form of kione

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king

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Korean: 왕 ko(ko) (wang) Swahili: mfalme sw(sw)
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

Translingual: ♔, ♚ Armenian: արքա hy(hy) (ark’a) Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m. Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl. Catalan: rei m. Czech: král cs(cs) m. Danish: konge da(da) c. Dutch: koning nl(nl) m. Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo) Estonian: kuningas et(et) Finnish: kuningas fi(fi) French: roi fr(fr) m. German: König de(de) m. Greek: βασιλιάς el(el) m. (vasiliás) Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m. Hungarian: király hu(hu) Icelandic: kóngur is(is) m. Irish: rí ga(ga) m. Italian: re it(it) m. Japanese: キング ja(ja) (kingu) Korean: 킹 (king) Kurdish: şah ku(ku) m.		Latvian: karalis lv(lv) m. Macedonian: крал mk(mk) (kral) m. Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m. Maltese: sultan mt(mt) Norwegian: konge no(no) m. Persian: شاه fa(fa) (šāh) Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m. Romanian: rege ro(ro) Russian: король ru(ru) (koról') m. Serbian: Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m. Roman: kralj m. Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m. Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m. Spanish: rey es(es) m. Swahili: mfalme sw(sw) Swedish: kung sv(sv) c. Telugu: రాజు (raaju) Turkish: şah tr(tr) Vietnamese: vua vi(vi) Welsh: brenin cy(cy) m.
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

Armenian: թագավոր hy(hy) (t’agavor), պապ hy(hy) (pap) Bosnian: kralj bs(bs) m. Breton: roue m., rouaned / -ed pl. Catalan: rei m. Chinese: Mandarin: K cmn(cmn) (kei, kǎi), 凱 cmn(cmn), 凯 cmn(cmn) (kǎi) (from English "K") Czech: král cs(cs) m. Danish: konge da(da) c. Dutch: koning nl(nl) m., heer nl(nl) m. Esperanto: reĝo eo(eo) Estonian: kuningas et(et) Finnish: kuningas fi(fi) French: roi fr(fr) m. German: König de(de) m. Greek: ρήγας el(el) (rigas) Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ he(he) (mélekh) m. Hungarian: király hu(hu) Icelandic: kóngur is(is) m. Irish: rí ga(ga) m. Italian: re it(it) m.		Japanese: キング ja(ja) (kingu) Korean: 킹 (king) Kurdish: şah ku(ku) m. Macedonian: крал mk(mk) (kral) m., поп mk(mk) (pop) m. Malayalam: രാജാവ് (raajaavu) m. Maltese: sultan mt(mt) Norwegian: konge no(no) m. Polish: król pl(pl) m. Portuguese: rei pt(pt) m. Romanian: popă Russian: король ru(ru) (koról') m. Serbian: Cyrillic: краљ sr(sr) m., поп sr(sr) m. Roman: kralj m., pop m. Slovak: kráľ sk(sk) m. Slovene: kralj sl(sl) m. Spanish: rey es(es) m. Swahili: mfalme sw(sw) Swedish: kung sv(sv) c. Telugu: రాజు (raaju) Turkish: papaz tr(tr)
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