Latvian

Anglijas karalis Edvards I Plantagenets (1272-1307)

Karalis (3)

Noun

karalis m (2nd declension, feminine form: karaliene)

1. king (the monarch of a kingdom; the title of this monarch)

   Anglijas karalis‎ ― the king of England

   karaļa dinastija‎ ― royal dynasty

   kronēt karali‎ ― to crown the king

2. king (the most important, influential or outstanding member of a group)

   Zagroba ir cirku karalis‎ ― Zagroba is the circus king

   zvēru karalis‎ ― the king of animals, beasts

3. (chess) king (the most important piece, the capture of which signals the end of a game of chess)

Declension

Synonyms

• cars
• imperators
• ķeizars
• (dated term) ķēniņš

Derived terms

• karalisks
• karaliste

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “karalis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7