See king in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for king meaning in Middle English (5.7kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "king of kinges"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kinges"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kinges of Coloin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kingles"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kingly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kingpleie"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kingriche"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "king"
},
"expansion": "English: king",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "English: king (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "keeng",
"3": "king"
},
"expansion": "Scots: keeng, king",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: keeng, king"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "kinge",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: kinge, king",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: kinge, king"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "cyning"
},
"expansion": "Old English cyning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kuning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kuning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*kuningaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kuningaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "kug"
},
"expansion": "kug",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kugdom"
},
"expansion": "kugdom",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kuglond"
},
"expansion": "kuglond",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kugriche"
},
"expansion": "kugriche",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "gug"
},
"expansion": "gug",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "guglond"
},
"expansion": "guglond",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "non",
"3": "konungr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse konungr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "syncope"
},
"expansion": "syncope",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "chinge"
},
"expansion": "chinge",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "chinȝ"
},
"expansion": "chinȝ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cing"
},
"expansion": "cing",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cinȝ"
},
"expansion": "cinȝ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "ī"
},
"expansion": "ī",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from the Old English cyning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The forms kug (attested in the compounds kugdom, kuglond, and kugriche) and gug (attested in the compound guglond) show the influence of the Old Norse konungr, whence they borrow their root vowel. The early forms featuring syncope (chinge, chinȝ, cing, and cinȝ) may have long ī.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kinges",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "the early forms kingas",
"tags": [
"also"
]
},
{
"form": "kingæs",
"tags": [
"also"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "kinges",
"5": "also the early forms",
"6": "kingas",
"7": "or",
"8": "kingæs"
},
"expansion": "king (nominative plural kinges, also the early forms kingas or kingæs)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Heads of state",
"orig": "enm:Heads of state",
"parents": [
"Government",
"Positions of authority",
"Politics",
"Society",
"Leaders",
"Occupations",
"All topics",
"People",
"Work",
"Fundamental",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Monarchy",
"orig": "enm:Monarchy",
"parents": [
"Forms of government",
"High society",
"Government",
"Society",
"Politics",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Nobility",
"orig": "enm:Nobility",
"parents": [
"High society",
"People",
"Society",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"king (monarch)"
],
"id": "en-king-enm-noun-c-N3gyAP",
"links": [
[
"king",
"king#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 77",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 91",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 94",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "enm:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"king (chess piece)"
],
"id": "en-king-enm-noun-yAEZgUUr",
"links": [
[
"king",
"king#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kinɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kiŋɡ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kenin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kening"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"toponymic"
],
"word": "kinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "influenced by Old Norse (see etymology)",
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
],
"word": "kug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "transmission error",
"word": "knyng"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "chinge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "chinȝ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cining"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cinȝ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ging"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "keing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "keng"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kingk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kingue"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kining"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kyng"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kynge"
}
],
"word": "king"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Chess",
"enm:Heads of state",
"enm:Monarchy",
"enm:Nobility"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "king of kinges"
},
{
"word": "Kinges"
},
{
"word": "kinges of Coloin"
},
{
"word": "kingles"
},
{
"word": "kingly"
},
{
"word": "Kingpleie"
},
{
"word": "kingriche"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "king"
},
"expansion": "English: king",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "English: king (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "keeng",
"3": "king"
},
"expansion": "Scots: keeng, king",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: keeng, king"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "kinge",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: kinge, king",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: kinge, king"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "cyning"
},
"expansion": "Old English cyning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kuning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kuning",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*kuningaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kuningaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "kug"
},
"expansion": "kug",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kugdom"
},
"expansion": "kugdom",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kuglond"
},
"expansion": "kuglond",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kugriche"
},
"expansion": "kugriche",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "gug"
},
"expansion": "gug",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "guglond"
},
"expansion": "guglond",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "non",
"3": "konungr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse konungr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "syncope"
},
"expansion": "syncope",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "chinge"
},
"expansion": "chinge",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "chinȝ"
},
"expansion": "chinȝ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cing"
},
"expansion": "cing",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cinȝ"
},
"expansion": "cinȝ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "",
"3": "ī"
},
"expansion": "ī",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from the Old English cyning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The forms kug (attested in the compounds kugdom, kuglond, and kugriche) and gug (attested in the compound guglond) show the influence of the Old Norse konungr, whence they borrow their root vowel. The early forms featuring syncope (chinge, chinȝ, cing, and cinȝ) may have long ī.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kinges",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "the early forms kingas",
"tags": [
"also"
]
},
{
"form": "kingæs",
"tags": [
"also"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "kinges",
"5": "also the early forms",
"6": "kingas",
"7": "or",
"8": "kingæs"
},
"expansion": "king (nominative plural kinges, also the early forms kingas or kingæs)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"king (monarch)"
],
"links": [
[
"king",
"king#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"king (chess piece)"
],
"links": [
[
"king",
"king#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kinɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kiŋɡ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kenin"
},
{
"word": "kening"
},
{
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"toponymic"
],
"word": "kinig"
},
{
"word": "gug"
},
{
"alt": "influenced by Old Norse (see etymology)",
"tags": [
"in-compounds"
],
"word": "kug"
},
{
"english": "transmission error",
"word": "knyng"
},
{
"word": "chinge"
},
{
"word": "chinȝ"
},
{
"word": "cing"
},
{
"word": "cining"
},
{
"word": "cinȝ"
},
{
"word": "ging"
},
{
"word": "keing"
},
{
"word": "keng"
},
{
"word": "kingk"
},
{
"word": "kingue"
},
{
"word": "kining"
},
{
"word": "kink"
},
{
"word": "kyng"
},
{
"word": "kynge"
}
],
"word": "king"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 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.