See Queen's English in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Queen",
"3": "-'s",
"4": "English",
"alt2": "-’s",
"notext": "1",
"type": "exocentric"
},
"expansion": "Queen + -’s + English",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Queen + -’s + English, possibly modelled after King’s English which is attested slightly earlier.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "queen's English",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"head": "Queen's English"
},
"expansion": "Queen's English (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Queen's"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English exocentric compounds",
"parents": [
"Exocentric compounds",
"Compound terms",
"Terms by etymology"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Dialects",
"orig": "en:Dialects",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "English",
"orig": "en:English",
"parents": [
"Languages",
"Language",
"Names",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
41,
56
]
],
"ref": "1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts”, in New Arabian Nights:",
"text": "But I am not so timid, and can speak the Queen's English plainly.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
140,
155
]
],
"ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 33:",
"text": "Picking up the different points of land was often the source of a joke, for our master was not blessed with the most perfect command of the Queen's English, and I overheard one morning the following nautical dialogue: \"Look out, ahoy!\" - speaking to the man in the foretop.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
31
]
],
"ref": "1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 22, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:",
"text": "He murdered the Queen's English every time he spoke.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
127,
142
]
],
"ref": "2006 April 7, Jeanette Catsoulis, “Movie Review: On a Clear Day (2005)”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-08-15:",
"text": "In the movies, bankable Brits fall into one of two categories: those who live in stately homes and possess a firm grasp of the Queen's English, and those who live in cottages or tenements and possess accents thick enough to caulk boats.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
116,
131
]
],
"ref": "2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:",
"text": "They've obviously never met before, but are getting on like a house on fire. Both are well-spoken and versed in the Queen's English. [this was possibly written before Queen Elizabeth II died]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation."
],
"id": "en-Queen's_English-en-noun-nNIjrs1I",
"links": [
[
"the",
"the#Article"
],
[
"spoken",
"spoken#Adjective"
],
[
"written",
"written#Adjective"
],
[
"English",
"English#Proper noun"
],
[
"regarded",
"regard#Verb"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"safeguarded",
"safeguard#Verb"
],
[
"Queen",
"queen#Noun"
],
[
"England",
"England"
],
[
"standard English",
"Standard English"
],
[
"characterize",
"characterize"
],
[
"correct",
"correct#Adjective"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar#Noun"
],
[
"thought",
"think#Verb"
],
[
"proper",
"proper#Adjective"
],
[
"usage",
"usage"
],
[
"words",
"word#Noun"
],
[
"expression",
"expression"
],
[
"spoken",
"speak#Verb"
],
[
"formal",
"formal#Adjective"
],
[
"British",
"British#Adjective"
],
[
"pronunciation",
"pronunciation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly England) Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation."
],
"tags": [
"England",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England",
"word": "kuningattaren englanti"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kwiːnz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwinz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋɡlɪʃ"
}
],
"word": "Queen's English"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Queen",
"3": "-'s",
"4": "English",
"alt2": "-’s",
"notext": "1",
"type": "exocentric"
},
"expansion": "Queen + -’s + English",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Queen + -’s + English, possibly modelled after King’s English which is attested slightly earlier.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "queen's English",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"head": "Queen's English"
},
"expansion": "Queen's English (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Queen's"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English English",
"English compound terms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English exocentric compounds",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English noun-noun compound nouns",
"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡlɪʃ",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡlɪʃ/3 syllables",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"en:Dialects",
"en:English"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
41,
56
]
],
"ref": "1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts”, in New Arabian Nights:",
"text": "But I am not so timid, and can speak the Queen's English plainly.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
140,
155
]
],
"ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 33:",
"text": "Picking up the different points of land was often the source of a joke, for our master was not blessed with the most perfect command of the Queen's English, and I overheard one morning the following nautical dialogue: \"Look out, ahoy!\" - speaking to the man in the foretop.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
31
]
],
"ref": "1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 22, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:",
"text": "He murdered the Queen's English every time he spoke.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
127,
142
]
],
"ref": "2006 April 7, Jeanette Catsoulis, “Movie Review: On a Clear Day (2005)”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-08-15:",
"text": "In the movies, bankable Brits fall into one of two categories: those who live in stately homes and possess a firm grasp of the Queen's English, and those who live in cottages or tenements and possess accents thick enough to caulk boats.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
116,
131
]
],
"ref": "2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:",
"text": "They've obviously never met before, but are getting on like a house on fire. Both are well-spoken and versed in the Queen's English. [this was possibly written before Queen Elizabeth II died]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation."
],
"links": [
[
"the",
"the#Article"
],
[
"spoken",
"spoken#Adjective"
],
[
"written",
"written#Adjective"
],
[
"English",
"English#Proper noun"
],
[
"regarded",
"regard#Verb"
],
[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"safeguarded",
"safeguard#Verb"
],
[
"Queen",
"queen#Noun"
],
[
"England",
"England"
],
[
"standard English",
"Standard English"
],
[
"characterize",
"characterize"
],
[
"correct",
"correct#Adjective"
],
[
"grammar",
"grammar#Noun"
],
[
"thought",
"think#Verb"
],
[
"proper",
"proper#Adjective"
],
[
"usage",
"usage"
],
[
"words",
"word#Noun"
],
[
"expression",
"expression"
],
[
"spoken",
"speak#Verb"
],
[
"formal",
"formal#Adjective"
],
[
"British",
"British#Adjective"
],
[
"pronunciation",
"pronunciation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly England) Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation."
],
"tags": [
"England",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kwiːnz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwinz‿ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋɡlɪʃ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England",
"word": "kuningattaren englanti"
}
],
"word": "Queen's English"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Queen's English meaning in English (4.5kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (813e02a and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.