"reġina" meaning in Maltese

See reġina in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /rɛˈd͡ʒiː.na/ Forms: rġejjen [plural], re [masculine]
Etymology: From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form. Etymology templates: {{der|mt|it|regina}} Italian regina, {{der|mt|scn|rigina}} Sicilian rigina, {{m|scn|riggina}} riggina, {{der|mt|la|rēgīna}} Latin rēgīna, {{m|mt|re|t=king}} re (“king”) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f|m=re|p=rġejjen}} reġina f (plural rġejjen, masculine re)
  1. queen Tags: feminine Synonyms: sultana
    Sense id: en-reġina-mt-noun-qcPB92dF
  2. (chess) queen Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Chess, Chess
    Sense id: en-reġina-mt-noun-qcPB92dF1 Disambiguation of Chess: 19 81 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reġina tan-naħal Related terms: renju, re, torri, isqof, żiemel, pjun, pedina, petun

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for reġina meaning in Maltese (2.5kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "reġina tan-naħal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "regina"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian regina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "rigina"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian rigina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "riggina"
      },
      "expansion": "riggina",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "rēgīna"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēgīna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "re",
        "t": "king"
      },
      "expansion": "re (“king”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rġejjen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "re",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "m": "re",
        "p": "rġejjen"
      },
      "expansion": "reġina f (plural rġejjen, masculine re)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "renju"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "re"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "torri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isqof"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "żiemel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pjun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pedina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "petun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-reġina-mt-noun-qcPB92dF",
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sultana"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "mt:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "mt:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-reġina-mt-noun-qcPB92dF1",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛˈd͡ʒiː.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reġina"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese 3-syllable words",
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese feminine nouns",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Italian",
    "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
    "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
    "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "mt:Chess"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "reġina tan-naħal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "regina"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian regina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "rigina"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian rigina",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "riggina"
      },
      "expansion": "riggina",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "rēgīna"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēgīna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "re",
        "t": "king"
      },
      "expansion": "re (“king”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rġejjen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "re",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "m": "re",
        "p": "rġejjen"
      },
      "expansion": "reġina f (plural rġejjen, masculine re)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "renju"
    },
    {
      "word": "re"
    },
    {
      "word": "torri"
    },
    {
      "word": "isqof"
    },
    {
      "word": "żiemel"
    },
    {
      "word": "pjun"
    },
    {
      "word": "pedina"
    },
    {
      "word": "petun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sultana"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mt:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɛˈd͡ʒiː.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reġina"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.