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Webster 1913 Edition

Regal

Re′gal

(rē′gal)
,
Adj.
[L.
regalis
, fr.
rex
,
regis
, a king. See
Royal
, and cf.
Rajah
,
Realm
,
Regalia
.]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal;
as,
regal
authority, pomp, or sway
.
“The regal title.”
Shak.
He made a scorn of his
regal
oath.
Milton.
Syn. – Kingly; royal. See
Kingly
.

Re′gal

,
Noun.
[F.
régale
, It.
regale
. CF.
Rigoll
.]
(Mus.)
A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, – used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Webster 1828 Edition

Regal

RE'GAL

,
Adj.
[L. regalis, from rex, L. rectus. See Reck and Reckon.]
Pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as a regal title; regal authority; regal state, pomp or splendor; regal power or sway. But we say, a royal or kingly government, not a regal one. We never say, a regal territory, regal dominions, regal army, or regal navy. Regal expresses what is more personal.

RE'GAL

,
Noun.
A musical instrument.

Definition 2024

regál

regál

See also: regal, Regal, regał, and régal

Czech

Noun

regál m

  1. shelf (a flat, rigid, rectangular structure used to store or display objects)

See also

Etymology

Borrowing from German Regal.

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