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Etymology
Image:Koenig (Schach).jpg|thumb|The white and black kings (chess)
Old English cyning, from Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Dutch koning, German König, Swedish konung.
Pronunciation
enPR|/kÄng/, IPA|/kɪÅ�/, SAMPA|/kIN/
audio|en-us-king.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪ�
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
- idiomatic A powerful or influential person.
#: Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
- chess The principal playing piece in chess which moves only once square per move (except in castling), but in all eight directions, but cannot move into check (threat of attack).
- A playing card with the image of a king on it.
Translations
trans-top|a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation
Akkadian: t|akk|scXsux|�|trLUGAL
Albanian: t-|sq|mbret|m|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|��� (málik) m
Aramaic:
Armenian: թագավո� (t῾agavor)
Bosnian: t-|bs|kralj|m
Breton: roue m, rouaned / -ed p
Catalan: rei m
Chinese: �� (guówáng)
Croatian: t+|hr|kralj|m
Czech: t-|cs|král|m
Danish: t-|da|konge|c
Dutch: t+|nl|koning|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|re�o|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|kuningas
Ewe: fia�utsu m
Finnish: t+|fi|kuningas
French: t+|fr|roi|m
Frisian: kening m
Gaulish: rix
German: t+|de|König|m
Greek: t+|el|βα�ιλιά�|trvasiliás|scGrek
Hebrew: ���|�ֶ�ֶ�ְ (meleḥ) m
Hindi: रा�ा (r�j�)
Hittite: t|hit|scXsux|�|trLUGAL
Hungarian: t+|hu|király
Icelandic: t+|is|konungur|m, t+|is|kóngur|m
Ilocano: ari
Indonesian: t+|id|raja|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|re|m
Irish: t+|ga|rÃ|m|xs=Irish
Japanese: �� (����, koku�), �� (����, �sama), � (��, �)
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Korean: ko-inline|��|imgeum, ko-inline|�|4=�|wang
Kurdish: t+|ku|pa�a|m, t+|ku|key|m, t+|ku|qiral|m, t+|ku|melik|m, t+|ku|�ah|m, t-|ku|شا�|scKUchar, t+|ku|�����ک|scKUchar
Latin: t+|la|rex|m
Latvian: t-|lv|karalis|m|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t+|lt|karalius|m|xs=Lithuanian
Malay: t-|ms|raja|xsMalay, t-|ms|sultan|xsMalay
Malayalam: രാ�ാവ� (raajaavu) m
Maltese: t-|mt|re|m|xs=Maltese
Northern Sami: gonagas
Norwegian: t-|no|kong|m (when used in title), t+|no|konge|m
Old English: t-|ang|cyning|m|xs=Old English
Old High German: kuning m
Polish: t+|pl|król|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|rei|m
Romanian: t-|ro|rege
Russian: ко�ол� (korol�) m, �а�� (car') m ancient or biblical
Sanskrit: रा�ा (r�j�), ��सर� (Kesari)
Scottish Gaelic: rìgh m
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|kráľ|m
Slovene: t+|sl|kralj|m
Spanish: t+|es|rey|m
Sumerian: t|sux|scXsux|�|trLUGAL
Swahili: t-|sw|mfalme|xs=Swahili
Swedish: kung (archaic konung) c
Tagalog: hari
Telugu: రా�� (raaju)
Thai: THchar|รา�า (r�sh�)
Turkish: t+|tr|kıral
Vietnamese: t+|vi|vua|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|qu�c vương|xsVietnamese
Welsh: t-|cy|brenin|m|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|A powerful or influential person
trans-mid
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trans-top|a playing piece in chess
Armenian: թագավո� (t῾agavor)
Bosnian: t-|bs|kralj|m
Breton: roue m, rouaned / -ed p
Catalan: rei m
Czech: t-|cs|král|m
Danish: t-|da|konge|c
Dutch: t+|nl|koning|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|re�o|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|kuningas
Finnish: t+|fi|kuningas
French: t+|fr|roi|m
German: t+|de|König|m
Greek: t+|el|βα�ιλιά�|m|sc=Grek (vasiliás)
Hebrew: ��� (meleḥ) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|király
Icelandic: t+|is|kóngur|m
Irish: t+|ga|rÃ|m|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|re|m
Japanese: t+|ja|ã�ã�³ã�°|trkingu|scJpan
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Korean: ko-inline|�|king
Kurdish: t+|ku|�ah|m
Latvian: t-|lv|karalis|m|xs=Latvian
Malayalam: രാ�ാവ� (raajaavu) m
Maltese: t-|mt|sultan|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t+|no|konge|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|rei|m
Romanian: t-|ro|rege
Russian: ко�ол� (koról�) m
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|kráľ|m
Slovene: t+|sl|kralj|m
Spanish: t+|es|rey|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kung|c
Telugu: రా�� (raaju)
Turkish: t+|tr|�ah
Vietnamese: t+|vi|vua|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: t-|cy|brenin|m|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|a playing card with the image of a king in it
Armenian: թագավո� (t῾agavor)
Bosnian: t-|bs|kralj|m
Breton: roue m, rouaned / -ed p
Catalan: rei m
Czech: t-|cs|král|m
Danish: t-|da|konge|c
Dutch: t+|nl|koning|m, t+|nl|heer|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|re�o|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|kuningas
Finnish: t+|fi|kuningas
French: t+|fr|roi|m
German: t+|de|König|m
Greek: t+|el|�ήγα�|trrigas|scGrek
Hebrew: ��� (meleḥ) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|király
Icelandic: t+|is|kóngur|m
Irish: t+|ga|rÃ|m|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|re|m
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Korean: ko-inline|�|king
Kurdish: t+|ku|�ah|m
Malayalam: രാ�ാവ� (raajaavu) m
Maltese: t-|mt|sultan|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t+|no|konge|m
Polish: t+|pl|król|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|rei|m
Romanian: pop�
Russian: ко�ол� (koról�) m
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|kráľ|m
Slovene: t+|sl|kralj|m
Spanish: t+|es|rey|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kung|c
Telugu: రా�� (raaju)
Turkish: t-|tr|papaz
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Badiu: rei m
ttbc|Old Danish: Konning
ttbc|Hawaiian: ali'i
ttbc|Indonesian: raja
ttbc|Interlingua: rege
ttbc|Kannada: ರಾ�
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ttbc|Manchu: (wang)
ttbc|Mongolian: �ан (khan)
ttbc|Novial: rego
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|شا� (š�h), FAchar|پاد�شا� (p�deš�h)
ttbc|Volapük: reg, hireg
ttbc|Welsh: brenin
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Derived terms
King Billy
kingdom
See also
top2
ace
emperor
empress
jack
joker
maharajah
mid2
prince
princess
queen
regent
royalty
viceroy
Verb
en-verb
- 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.
Translations
Catalan: coronar
Italian: fare dama
Spanish: t-|es|coronar
Category:Card games
Estonian
Noun
king
- shoe
Category:Estonian nouns
ang:king
de:king
el:king
fa:king
fr:king
gd:king
ko:king
hy:king
io:king
id:king
it:king
kk:king
ku:king
la:king
lt:king
hu:king
ja:king
pl:king
pt:king
ru:king
simple:king
sr:king
fi:king
sv:king
ta:king
te:king
vi:king
tr:king
zh:king
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