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Definition for: queen

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English

Etymology

Old English cwēn ‘woman, queen’. Cognate with quean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kwiːn/
  • SAMPA: /kwin/ (US)
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

queen ( plural: queens )

  1. A female monarch. Ex: Queen Victoria
  2. The wife of a king. Ex: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
  3. (chess) Piece able to move both horizontally and diagonally any number of spaces; most powerful piece.
  4. (playing_cards) Playing card with picture of queen on its face, 12th card in a given suit.
  5. A powerful or forceful female person.
  6. Slang . A male homosexual who is particularly effeminate. See Drag queen.
  7. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp
  8. An adult female cat. See tom.

Translations

A female monarch

  • Afrikaans: koningin
  • Chinese (Standard Mandarin): 女王 (nǚwáng)
  • Danish: dronning c .
  • Dutch: koningin f .
  • Esperanto: reĝino
  • French: reine f .
  • Finnish: kuningatar
  • German: Königin f .
  • Greek: βασίλισσα (vasílisa) f .
  • Hebrew: מלכה f .
  • Hungarian: királynő
  • Icelandic: drottning f .
  • Indonesian: Ratu
  • Irish: banríon f .
  • Italian: Regina f .
  • Japanese: 女王 (じょおう, joō)
  • Malay: permaisuri f .
  • Norwegian: dronning f .
  • Novial: rega
  • Old English: cwēn f
  • Portuguese: rainha f .
  • Romanian: regină f .
  • Russian: королева (korol'éva) f . , царица (caríca) f .
  • Scots Gaelic: ban-rìghean f .
  • Slovene: kraljica f .
  • Spanish: reina
  • Swedish: drottning c .
  • Telugu: రాణి (raani)
  • Turkish: kraliçe
  • Welsh: frenhines

wife of a king

  • Hungarian: királyné
  • Russian: королева (korol'éva) f . , царица (caríca) f .

A chess piece

  • Danish: dronning c .
  • Dutch: dame f . , koningin f . ( unofficial )
  • Esperanto: reĝino
  • Finnish: kuningatar
  • German: Dame f .
  • Greek: βασίλισσα (vasIlisa) f .
  • Hebrew: מלכה f .
  • Hungarian: királynő, vezér
  • Indonesian: Ratu
  • Italian: regina f .
  • Japanese: クイーン (kuīn)
  • Norwegian: dronning
  • Novial: rega
  • Portuguese: dama f . , rainha f .
  • Romanian: regină f . , damă f .
  • Russian: ферзь (f'erz') m . , королева (korol'éva) f .
  • Slovene: kraljica f . , dama f .
  • Swedish: dam c . , drottning c .
  • Telugu: రాణి (raani)
  • Turkish: vezir

Playing card

  • Afrikaans vrou
  • Danish: dame c .
  • Dutch: vrouw f . , dame f .
  • Esperanto: reĝino
  • French: reine f . , dame
  • Finnish: kuningatar, rouva, akka colloquial
  • German: Dame f .
  • Hebrew: מלכה f .
  • Hungarian: dáma
  • Indonesian: Ratu
  • Irish: banríon
  • Italian: regina f . , donna f .
  • Japanese: クイーン (kuīn)
  • Norwegian: dronning
  • Novial: rega
  • Portuguese: dama f .
  • Romanian: damă f .
  • Russian: дама (dáma) f .
  • Slovene: dama f .
  • Swedish: dam c .
  • Telugu: రాణి (raani)
  • Turkish: kız

A powerful or forceful female person

  • Russian: королева (korol'éva) f .

slang: A male homosexual

  • Finnish: homo
  • German: Tunte f .
  • Greek: πούστης m .
  • Indonesian: Homo / Hombre / Banci
  • Swedish: bög

A reproductive female animal in a hive

  • Danish: dronning c .
  • Dutch: koningin f .
  • Finnish: kuningatar
  • German: Königin f .
  • Greek: βασίλισσα(vasIlisa) f .
  • Hebrew: מלכה f .
  • Italian: ape regina f .
  • Norwegian: dronning
  • Romanian: regină f .
  • Russian: матка (mátka) f . , царица (caríca) f .
  • Slovene: matica f .
  • Swedish: drottning c .
  • Turkish: kraliçe

An adult female cat

  • Dutch: wijfjeskat f . , poes f . , kattin f . ( Flemish )
  • Italian: gatta f .
  • French: folle f .
  • Hebrew: חתולה f .
  • Arabic : مَلِكَة (malika)
  • Breton : rouanez f . -ed pl . (1,2,4), damez f . (3), katell f . -ed pl . (5)
  • Bulgarian : кралица f . (1), царица f . (1, 2, 5), дама f . (3), травестит (5)
  • Catalan : reina f .
  • Chinese : 后, 王后, 女王
  • Czech : královna (1, 4), dáma (2, 3) f . , svršek (3) m .
  • Galician : raíña f .
  • Hebrew : מלכה f .
  • Indonesian : ratu
  • Interlingua : regina
  • Korean : 여왕 [女王] (yeowang)
  • Latin : regina f .
  • Lithuanian : karalienė f . (1, 4); sometimes karalė f . (ruling female monarch, when her consort is not ruling) (1) valdovė f . (2); dama f . (3); motinėlė f . (6)
  • Polish : królowa f . (1,2,6), hetman m . (2), dama f . (3)
  • Slovak : kráľovná (1, 4), dáma (2, 3) f . , horník (3) m .
  • Spanish : reina f .
  • Vietnamese : Nữ-hoàng, Hoàng-hậu
  • Volapük : jireg

Derived terms

See also

Verb

queen

  1. to make a queen
  2. ( chess ) to convert a pawn into a queen

Translations

to make a queen

  • Italian: incoronare
  • Swedish: göra till drottning, kröna

chess: to convert a pawn into a queen

Other Translations for "queen"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Codequeen
Hex71 f5 65 65 ee
Pig Latineenquay

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