mikado

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).


prince

→ Ottoman Turkish: پرَنْس (prens)

Turkish: prens

→ Persian: پرَنس (perans)

Inherited from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prīnceps.


empire

Russian: ампи́р (ampír)

Inherited from Old French empire, from Latin imperium.

Quelle injustice aux Dieux, d'abandonner au femmes / Un empire si grand sur les plus belles âmes

1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 7:

What injustice from the gods, to give up for women / Such great dominion over the most beautiful souls


tsar

tsars (plural)
czar (alternative)
tzar (alternative)

desc

→ Persian: تزار (tezâr), تسار (tesâr) (rare)

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of César.


royal

fr-adj

royal (feminine royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)

royale (feminine)
royaux (masculine plural)
royales (feminine plural)

→ Belarusian: рая́ль (rajálʹ)

→ Bulgarian: роя́л (rojál)

→ Lithuanian: rojalis

→ Russian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)

→ Ukrainian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)

Inherited from Middle French roial, from Old French roial, from earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”) + -ālis. Equivalent to roi + -al.


roi

rois (plural)
reine (feminine)
roy (alternative)

Antillean Creole: wa

Guianese Creole: rwè

Haitian Creole: wa

(perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
→ English: loa

Karipúna Creole French: hué

Louisiana Creole: rwa

Seychellois Creole: lerwa

Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois

Le roi est mort.


reine

Rennes (may be short in length-distinguishing accents)

Inherited from Old French reïne, reyne, royne, from Latin rēgīna.

Je ferai un domaine où l'amour sera roi, où l'amour sera loi, où tu seras reine

I will create a realm where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen


monarchie

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monarchia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía).


monarque

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόναρχος (mónarkhos).


couronne

Inherited from Old French corone, inherited from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).


sceptre

Borrowed from Latin scēptrum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).


maharaja

fr-noun

maharaja m (plural maharajas, feminine maharani)

maharajas (plural)
maharani (feminine)
maharadja (alternative)


sultan

sultan m (plural sultans, feminine sultane)

→ Faroese: sultánur

→ Portuguese: sultão

Inherited from Middle French sultan (“ruler of a Muslim state”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان. See English sultan for more.

inh+

a sultan: a Muslim ruler with a certain title

a perfume sachet to put in a linen coffer


Ancien Régime

From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).


princesse

fr-noun

princesse f (plural princesses, masculine prince)

→ Catalan: princesa

desctree

→ Danish: prinsesse
Faroese: prinsessa
Icelandic: prinsessa

→ Ottoman Turkish: پرَنْسَس (prenses)

Turkish: prenses

→ Persian: پرَنسِس (peranses)

→ Portuguese: princesa

→ Spanish: princesa

→ Swedish: prinsessa
→ Finnish: prinsessa


souverain

fr-adj

souverain (feminine souveraine, masculine plural souverains, feminine plural souveraines)

souveraine (feminine)
souverains (masculine plural)
souveraines (feminine plural)

→ Danish: suveræn

→ German: souverän

→ Romanian: suveran

Inherited from Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super. Compare Italian sovrano; Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish soberano.


souverain

→ Danish: suveræn

→ German: Souverän

→ Romanian: suveran

→ Russian: суверен (suveren)


royaume

Inherited from Old French reaume, realme, a derivative of real, or from an alteration (with influence from royal) of Old French reiame, from Latin regimine. Compare régime.

il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Danemark


règne

Inherited from Middle French regne, from Old French regne, borrowed from Latin rēgnum.


principauté

Learned borrowing from Latin principālitās. Morphologically, from principal + -té. Doublet of principalité.

lbor

principauté de Monaco

principauté de Liège

principality (region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess)


empereur

fr-noun

empereur m (plural empereurs, feminine impératrice)

empereurs (plural)
impératrice (feminine)

From Middle French empereur, from Old French empereor, from Latin imperātōrem.


impératrice

impératrice f (plural impératrices, masculine empereur)

impératrices (plural)
empereur (masculine)

→ Persian: امپراطریس (emperâtris)

Borrowed from Latin imperātrīcem. Compare Old French empereriz.


pharaon

→ Khmer: ផារ៉ោន (phaaraon)

pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)


prétendant

prétendant m (plural prétendants, feminine prétendante)

prétendants (plural)
prétendante (feminine)

Leurs petites rentes les rendaient exigeants et les poussaient à rêver pour leur fille unique un prétendant extraordinaire.

1877, Marius Roux, Eugénie Lamour, page 237:

Their small income made them exacting and pushed them to dream of an extraordinary suitor for their only daughter.


dynastie

From Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).


impérial

fr-adj

impérial (feminine impériale, masculine plural impériaux, feminine plural impériales)

impériale (feminine)
impériaux (masculine plural)
impériales (feminine plural)


schah

schahs (plural)
chah (alternative)
shah (alternative)


royauté

Inherited from Old French roialte. By surface analysis, royal + -té.


tsarine

From tsar + -ine, perhaps under the influence of German Czarin, Zarin.


régent

Borrowed from Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns.


héritier présomptif

fr-noun

héritier présomptif m (plural héritiers présomptifs, feminine héritière présomptive)

héritiers présomptifs (plural)
héritière présomptive (feminine)


héritier apparent

héritier apparent m (plural héritiers apparents, feminine héritière apparente)

héritiers apparents (plural)
héritière apparente (feminine)