Meanings
nouncrown prince (plural crown princes)
plural crown princes · alternative Crown Prince
- A person designated and raised to become the next king.
- A person designated and raised to become the next emperor.
- A person expected to inherit or take over an enterprise or undertaking once its current manager retires or dies.
Translations
Arabic وَلِيّ عَهْد
- وَلِيّ عَهْد (waliyy ʕahd)next king
Chinese Mandarin 皇太子, 太子
- 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)next king
- 太子 (tàizǐ)next king
- 儲君 /储君 (chǔjūn, chújūn)next king
- 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)next emperor
- 繼承人 /继承人 (jìchéngrén)person expected to take over an enterprise
Czech korunní princ, korunní princ
- korunní princnext king
- korunní princnext emperor
Danish kronprins, tronfølger
- kronprinsnext king
- tronfølgernext king
- kronprinsnext emperor
- tronfølgernext emperor
Dutch kroonprins, troonsopvolger
- kroonprinsnext king
- troonsopvolgernext king
- troonsopvolgernext emperor
Finnish kruununprinssi, kruununprinssi
- kruununprinssinext king
- kruununprinssinext emperor
- manttelinperijäperson expected to take over an enterprise
- kruununprinssiperson expected to take over an enterprise
French prince héritier, prince royal
- prince héritiernext king
- prince royalnext king
- héritier du trônenext king
- prince héritiernext emperor
- prince impérialnext emperor
- prince impérialnext emperor
- héritierperson expected to take over an enterprise
German Kronprinz, Thronfolger
- Kronprinznext king
- Thronfolgernext king
- Kronprinznext emperor
- Thronfolgernext emperor
Greek διάδοχος, διάδοχος του θρόνου
- διάδοχος (diádochos)next king
- διάδοχος του θρόνου (diádochos tou thrónou)next king
- διάδοχος (diádochos)next emperor
Hindi राजकुमार, युवराज
- राजकुमार (rājkumār)next king
- युवराज (yuvrāj)next king
- वलीअहद (valīahd)next king
- युवराज (yuvrāj)next emperor
- राजकुमार (rājkumār)next emperor
Hungarian trónörökös, koronaherceg
- trónörökösnext king
- koronahercegnext king
- trónörökösnext emperor
- örökösperson expected to take over an enterprise
Icelandic krónprins
- krónprinsnext king
Indonesian putra mahkota
- putra mahkotanext king
Italian principe ereditario
- principe ereditarionext king
Japanese 皇太子, 王太子
- 皇太子 (kōtaishi)next king
- 王太子 (ōtaishi)next king
- 皇太子 (kōtaishi)next emperor
Korean 왕태자, 태자
- 왕태자 (wangtaeja)next king
- 태자 (taeja)next king
- 황태자 (hwangtaeja)next emperor
Malay putera mahkota, uparaja
- putera mahkotanext king
- uparajanext king
Norwegian kronprins
- kronprinsnext emperor
Norwegian Bokmål kronprins
- kronprinsnext king
Persian ولیعهد, ویسپور
- ولیعهد (vali'ahd)next king
- ویسپور (vispur)next king
- واسپور (vâspur)next king
Polish książę koronny, książę koronny
- książę koronnynext king
- książę koronnynext emperor
- następcaperson expected to take over an enterprise
Portuguese príncipe herdeiro, príncipe herdeiro
- príncipe herdeironext king
- príncipe herdeironext emperor
Romanian prinț moștenitor, prinț moștenitor
- prinț moștenitornext king
- prinț moștenitornext emperor
Russian кронпри́нц, насле́дный принц
- кронпри́нц (kronprínc)next king
- насле́дный принц (naslédnyj princ)next king
- короле́вич (korolévič)next king
- престолонасле́дник (prestolonaslédnik)next king
- цесаре́вич (cesarévič)next emperor
- кронпри́нц (kronprínc)next emperor
- насле́дник престо́ла (naslédnik prestóla)next emperor
- престолонасле́дник (prestolonaslédnik)next emperor
- престолонасле́дник (prestolonaslédnik)person expected to take over an enterprise
- престолонасле́дница (prestolonaslédnica)person expected to take over an enterprise
Slovak kráľovič, korunný princ
- kráľovičnext king
- korunný princnext king
- cárovičnext emperor
- korunný princnext emperor
- korunný princperson expected to take over an enterprise
Spanish príncipe heredero
- príncipe herederonext king
Swedish kronprins, jämherting
- kronprinsnext king
- jämhertingnext king
- kronprinsnext emperor
Thai มกุฎราชกุมาร
- มกุฎราชกุมาร (má-gùt-râat-chá-gù-maan)next king
Turkish veliaht, veliaht prens
- veliahtnext king
- veliaht prensnext king
- veliahtnext emperor
Ukrainian кронпри́нц
- кронпри́нц (kronprýnc)next king
Urdu ولی عہد
- ولی عہد (valī 'ahd)next king
Vietnamese thái tử, thế tử
- thái tửnext king
- thế tửnext king
- hoàng thái tửnext emperor
Cite this entry
APA
crown prince. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown%20prince
MLA
“crown prince.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown%20prince. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crown prince,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crown%20prince.
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