kingdom

kingdom

English

Alternative forms

• kingdome (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king +‎ -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kĭng'dəm, IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋdəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋdəm
• Hyphenation: king‧dom

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
2. A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

   the kingdom of thought

   the kingdom of the dead

3. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).

Synonyms

• (realm): kingric (Britain dialectal, obsolete), riche (obsolete)
• (taxonomic rank): regnum

Hyponyms

• animal kingdom
• plant kingdom
• vegetable kingdom

 

Derived terms

• blow to kingdom come
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• hermit kingdom
• it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
• keys of the kingdom
• keys to the kingdom
• kingdom come
• Kingdom County
• Kingdom of Bahrain
• Kingdom of Belgium
• Kingdom of Bhutan
• Kingdom of Cambodia
• Kingdom of Denmark
• Kingdom of England
• Kingdom of Eswatini
• kingdom of glory
• Kingdom of Great Britain
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Kingdom of Ireland
• Kingdom of Lesotho
• Kingdom of Morocco
• Kingdom of Norway
• kingdom of Pisces
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Kingdom of Scotland
• Kingdom of Spain
• Kingdom of Sweden
• Kingdom of Thailand
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Kingdom of Tonga
• my kingdom for a horse
• United Kingdom
• United Kingdom of Great Britain
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• unkingdom

 

Translations

realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen

Acehnese: keurajeuën Afrikaans: koninkryk (af) Aghwan: 𐕞𐕡𐕀𐕒𐕡𐕎 (üwxun) Albanian: mbretëria (sq) f, mretënía f (Gheg) Arabic: مَمْلَكَة‎ (ar) f (mamlaka) Egyptian Arabic: مملكة‎ f (mamlaka) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ‎ f (malkūṯā) Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַלְכּוּתָא‎ f (malkūṯā) Armenian: թագավորություն (hy) (tʿagavorutʿyun), արքայություն (hy) (arkʿayutʿyun) Aromanian: vãsilii f, amirãrilji f, duvleti f, crat n Asturian: reinu (ast) m Azerbaijani: krallıq (az), sultanlıq, padşahlıq Basque: erresuma Bavarian: Kinereich Belarusian: карале́ўства n (karaljéŭstva), ца́рства n (cárstva) Bengali: রাজ্য (bn) (rajẏ), সালতানাত (bn) (saltanat) Berber: Tashelhit: tagldit f Bikol Central: kahadean Breton: rouantelezh (br) f Bulgarian: кра́лство n (králstvo) Burmese: တိုင်းပြည် (my) (tuing:prany) Catalan: regne (ca) m Chechen: элибахам (elibaxam), пачхьалкх (pačḥʳalq) Chinese: Cantonese: 王國, 王国 (wong4 gwok3) Mandarin: 王國／王国 (zh) (wángguó), 君主國／君主国 (zh) (jūnzhǔguó) Min Nan: 王國 (zh-min-nan), 王国 (ông-kok) Cornish: ruvaneth f Czech: království (cs) n Dalmatian: raigno m Danish: kongerige (da) n, kongedømme n Dutch: koninkrijk (nl) n Esperanto: reĝlando Estonian: kuningriik (et) Faroese: kongsríki n Finnish: kuningaskunta (fi) French: royaume (fr) m Friulian: ream m Galician: reino m Georgian: სამეფო (samepo) German: Königreich (de) n, Königtum (de) n Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹 f (þiudangardi) Greek: βασίλειο (el) n (vasíleio), βασιλεία (el) f (vasileía) Ancient: βασιλεία f (basileía) Greenlandic: kunngeqarfik (kl) Hawaiian: aupuni mōʻī Hebrew: מַמְלָכָה‎ (he) f (mamlakhá) Hindi: राज्य (hi) m (rājya), बादशाहत (hi) f (bādśāhat), सल्तनत (hi) f (saltanat) Hungarian: királyság (hu) Hunsrik: Keenichreich n Icelandic: konungsríki n, konungsdæmi n, konungsveldi n Ido: rejio (io) Indonesian: kerajaan (id) Irish: ríocht f Italian: regno (it) m, reame (it) m Japanese: 王国 (ja) (おうこく, ōkoku) Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯ (kn) (rājya) Karelian: suarinmua Kazakh: корольдік (koroldık), корольдық (koroldyq), бектік (bektık), патшалық (patşalyq) Khmer: រាជាណាចក្រ (riəciənaacak), ចក្រភព (km) (cakkɑphup), នគរ (km) (nɔkɔɔ) Korean: 왕국(王國) (ko) (wangguk) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەملەکەت‎ (ku) (memleket) Northern Kurdish: keyîtî (ku), qiralî (ku), padîşahî (ku), şahitî (ku) Kven: kuninkhaanriiki, kuningasriikki Kyrgyz: королевство (korolevstvo), падышалык (padışalık) Lao: ອານາຈັກ (lo) (ʼā nā chak), ພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກ (pha ra rāt ʼā nā chak) Latgalian: kieneste f Latin: rēgnum (la) n Latvian: karaliste f, valstība f, valstība f Ligurian: régno Lingala: bokonzi class 14 Lithuanian: karalystė (lt) f Low German: German Low German: Königriek n Lule Sami: gånågisrijkka Luxembourgish: Kinnekräich (lb) n Macedonian: кралство n (kralstvo) Malay: kerajaan (ms), kedatuan, mamlakat Maltese: renju Manx: reeriaght f Maori: kīngitanga, rangatiratanga (mi) Maranao: ndato'an, ndatoan, ilian Middle French: royaulme m Moksha: оцязорксши (ocjazorksši) Mongolian: Cyrillic: вант улс (vant uls) Nahuatl: hueyitlahtohcayotl Nepali: अधिराज्य (ne) (adhirājya) Norman: rouoyaume m (Jersey), reyoume m (continental Normandy), rouoyanme m (Guernsey), royaûme m (Guernsey) North Frisian: kiningrik Northern Sami: gonagasriika Norwegian: Bokmål: kongerike (no) n, kongedømme (no) n Occitan: reialme (oc) m, reiaume (oc) m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: цѣсарьство n (cěsarĭstvo) Old English: rīċe n Old French: reaume m Old Saxon: kuningdom Papiamentu: reino Pashto: پاچايي‎ (ps) f (pāčāyi), بادشاهي‎ f (bādšāhi), باچاهي‎ (ps) f (bāčāhi), باچايي‎ f (bāčāyi), پاچاهي‎ f (pāčāhi), سلطنت‎ (ps) m (sәltanat, soltanat) Persian: پادشاهی‎ (fa) (pâdešâhi), سلطنت‎ (fa) (saltanat) Polabian: ťenądztwü n Polish: królestwo (pl) n Portuguese: reino (pt) m Romanian: regat (ro) n Romansch: reginavel m, reginam m, raginam m, reginom m Russian: короле́вство (ru) n (korolévstvo), ца́рство (ru) n (cárstvo) (tsardom) Sardinian: regnu, aregnu, rennu Saterland Frisian: Köönichriek Scots: kingdom, kinrick Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кра́љевство n, кра́љевина f Roman: králjevstvo (sh) n, králjevina (sh) f Sinhalese: රාජ්යය (rājyaya) Silesian: krōlestwo Slovak: kráľovstvo (sk) n Slovene: kraljevina (sl) f, kraljestvo (sl) n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kralojstwo n Upper Sorbian: kralestwo n Southern Sami: gånkarijhke Spanish: reino (es) m Swahili: ufalme Swedish: kungarike (sv) n, konungarike (sv) n, kungadöme (sv) n, konungadöme (sv) n Tagalog: kaharian Tajik: подшоҳӣ (podšohī), подишоҳӣ (podišohī), салтанат (saltanat) Tamil: இராஜ்யம் (ta) (irājyam), அரசு (ta) (aracu) Tatar: патшалык (tt) (patşalıq) Telugu: రాజ్యము (te) (rājyamu) Thai: อาณาจักร (th) (aa-naa-jàk) Turkish: krallık (tr) Turkmen: şalyk, patyşalyk Ukrainian: королі́вство (uk) n (korolívstvo), ца́рство (uk) n (cárstvo) Urdu: بادْشاہَت‎ f (bādśāhat), سَلْطَنَت‎ f (saltanat) Uyghur: پادىشاھلىق‎ (padishahliq), خانلىق‎ (xanliq), سەلتەنەت‎ (seltenet) Uzbek: qirollik (uz), podsholik (uz), podshohlik (uz) Vietnamese: vương quốc (vi) (王國) Vilamovian: kyngrajch Welsh: teyrnas (cy) f West Frisian: keninkryk Yiddish: קעניגרײַך‎ (kenigraykh) Zhuang: vangzgoz, vuengzguek

realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant

Finnish: valtakunta (fi)

taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

Afrikaans: koninkryk (af) Arabic: مَمْلَكَة‎ (ar) f (mamlaka) Armenian: թագավորություն (hy) (tʿagavorutʿyun) Asturian: reinu (ast) m Basque: erreinu Bavarian: kinereich Belarusian: ца́рства n (cárstva), свет m (svjet) Bulgarian: ца́рство (bg) n (cárstvo) Burmese: လောက (my) (lau:ka.) Catalan: regne (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 界 (yue) (gaai3) Mandarin: 界 (zh) (jiè) Min Nan: 界 (kài) Czech: říše (cs) f Danish: rige n Dutch: rijk (nl) n, plantenrijk (nl) n, dierenrijk (nl) n Estonian: riik (et) Finnish: kunta (fi) French: règne (fr) m Georgian: სამეფო (samepo) German: Reich (de) n Greek: βασίλειο (el) n (vasíleio) Hebrew: ממלכה‎ (he) f (mamlakha) Hungarian: -világ (hu) Italian: regno (it) m Japanese: 界 (ja) (かい, kai) Kazakh: дүние (kk) (dünie) Khmer: រជ្ជៈ (km) (raccĕəʼ) Korean: 계(界) (ko) (gye) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: cîhan (ku) f Latin: rēgnum (la) n Latvian: valsts f Lithuanian: karalystė (lt) f Macedonian: ца́рство n (cárstvo) Malay: alam (ms) Maori: mātāmuatanga Mongolian: Cyrillic: аймаг (mn) (ajmag) Persian: فرمانرو‎ (farmânrow) Polish: królestwo (pl) n Portuguese: reino (pt) m Romanian: regn (ro) n Russian: ца́рство (ru) n (cárstvo), мир (ru) m (mir) Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ца̑рство n Roman: cȃrstvo (sh) n Slovak: ríša f Slovene: kraljestvo (sl) n Swedish: rike (sv) n Tagalog: anyuhay Telugu: రాజ్యము (te) (rājyamu) Thai: อาณาจักร (th) (aa-naa-jàk) Turkish: alem (tr) Ukrainian: ца́рство (uk) n (cárstvo), світ (uk) m (svit) Vietnamese: giới (vi) (界 (vi)) Yakut: са́арыстыба (sáarıstıba)

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Esperanto: (please verify) regno (eo), (please verify) reĝlando Galician: (please verify) reino m Interlingua: (please verify) regno Volapük: (please verify) regän (vo)

See also

• monarchy

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• kyngdom, kyngdoom, kengdam, kyngdam, kyngedome, küngdom, kyngdome, kyngdan

Etymology

From Old English cyningdōm, from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz. Equivalent to king +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiŋɡdoːm/, /ˈkiŋɡdɔm/

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. dominion, lordship, rulership
2. (Christianity) The dominion and authority of God
3. kingdom, monarchy
4. state, realm
5. tribe, clan
6. region, domain, zone
7. (astrology) The region where a planet's influence predominates

Related terms

• king

Descendants

• English: kingdom
• Scots: kingdom

References

• “MED24300, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.