royal family

noun

The family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state.

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Meanings

nounroyal family (plural royal families)

plural royal families

  1. The family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounroyal persons collectively

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Translations

Arabic عَائِلَة مَلِكِيَّة
  • عَائِلَة مَلِكِيَّةfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Bulgarian кралско семейство
  • кралско семейство (kralsko semejstvo)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Catalan família reial
  • família reialfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Chinese Mandarin 皇家, 皇室
  • 皇家 (huángjiā)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 皇室 (huángshì)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 王室 (wángshì)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 王家 (wángjiā)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 皇族 (huángzú)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 宗室 (zōngshì)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Czech královská rodina
  • královská rodinafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Danish kongehus, kongelig familie
  • kongehusfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • kongelig familiefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Dutch koninklijke familie
  • koninklijke familiefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Finnish kuningasperhe
  • kuningasperhefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
French famille royale
  • famille royalefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
German königliche Familie
  • königliche Familiefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Greek βασιλική οικογένεια
  • βασιλική οικογένεια (vasilikí oikogéneia)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Hindi राजकुल
  • राजकुल (rājkul)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Hungarian királyi család
  • királyi családfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Icelandic konungsfjölskylda
  • konungsfjölskyldafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Indonesian keluarga kerajaan
  • keluarga kerajaanfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Irish teaghlach ríoga
  • teaghlach ríogafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Italian famiglia reale
  • famiglia realefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Japanese 王家, 王室
  • 王家 (ōke)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 王室 (ōshitsu)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 皇室 (kōshitsu)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Korean 왕실, 왕가
  • 왕실 (wangsil)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • 왕가 (wangga)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Malay keluarga diraja
  • keluarga dirajafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Norwegian Bokmål kongefamilie, kongehus
  • kongefamiliefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • kongehusfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Persian خانواده سلطنتی
  • خانواده سلطنتی (xânevâde-ye saltanati)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Polish rodzina królewska
  • rodzina królewskafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Portuguese família real
  • família realfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Romanian familie regală, casă domnitoare
  • familie regalăfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • casă domnitoarefamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Russian короле́вская семья́
  • короле́вская семья́ (korolévskaja semʹjá)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Spanish familia real
  • familia realfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Swedish kungafamilj, kungliga familjen
  • kungafamiljfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • kungliga familjenfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • kungahusfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Thai ชนชั้นเจ้า
  • ชนชั้นเจ้า (chon-chán-jâao)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Turkish kraliyet ailesi
  • kraliyet ailesifamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Ukrainian королівська сім'я
  • королівська сім'я (korolivsʹka simʺja)family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Vietnamese hoàng gia, hoàng tộc
  • hoàng giafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • hoàng tộcfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • hoàng thấtfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • hoàng pháifamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • tôn thấtfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
  • vương giafamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Welsh teulu brenhinol
  • teulu brenhinolfamily of the ruling sovereign of a country or state
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“royal family.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/royal%20family. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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