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English
Etymology
From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty.
Pronunciation
Noun
royalty (countable and uncountable, plural royalties)
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Wolferton”, in RAIL, number 972, page 61:Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided.
- A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.
2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London:England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty.
- (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
Descendants
Translations
rank, status, etc. of a monarch
monarch and their families treated as a group
royal right or prerogative
payment for exploiting mineral rights
payment made to owner of intellectual property
Texas hold'em: king and a queen as a starting hand
References
French
Noun
royalty f (plural royalties)
- royalty (all senses)
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English royalty.
Noun
royalty m (invariable)
- royalty (payment)
Further reading
- royalty in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English royalty.
Noun
royalty m (definite singular royaltyen, indefinite plural royaltyer or royalties, definite plural royaltyene)
- a royalty (payment)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English royalty.
Noun
royalty m (definite singular royaltyen, indefinite plural royaltyar or royalties, definite plural royaltyane)
- a royalty (payment)
References