koning

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See also: Koning and köning

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch koning, from Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊə.nəŋ/
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Noun

koning (plural konings or koninge (dated), diminutive koninkie, feminine koningin)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

Cognate with or borrowed from Malay kening.

Pronunciation

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Noun

koning

  1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch kuning, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.

Pronunciation

Noun

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

  1. a king, monarch
  2. a king, top-dog
  3. (chess) a king

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koning
  • Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ
  • Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung
  • Sranan Tongo: kownu

See also

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
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koning koningin, dame toren loper, bisschop, raadsheer paard pion

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.

Adjective

koning

  1. yellow (having yellow as its colour)

Noun

koning

  1. yellow (colour)