"royal road" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: royal roads [plural]
Etymology: In reference to Euclid, who is said to have told a king that there was no royal road to geometry. In the musical sense, a calque of Japanese 王道進行, itself deriving from a calque of sense 1. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ja|王道進行|nocap=1}} calque of Japanese 王道進行 Head templates: {{en-noun}} royal road (plural royal roads)
  1. An easy or straightforward procedure for achieving a goal; a procedure that requires little effort. Translations (easy way): helppo tie (Finnish), voie royale [feminine] (French), Königsweg [masculine] (German), 王道 (Japanese), łatwy sposób [masculine] (Polish), camino real [masculine] (Spanish), kungsväg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-royal_road-en-noun-BC3zHblB Disambiguation of 'easy way': 100 0
  2. A chord progression, IVᴹ⁷–V⁷–iii⁷–vi, common in Japanese pop music.
    Sense id: en-royal_road-en-noun-pit~NC-m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79

Inflected forms

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