queen (kw n)n. 1. a. The wife or widow of a king. b. A woman sovereign. 2. Something having eminence or supremacy in a given domain and personified as a woman: Paris is regarded as the queen of cities. 3. Abbr. Q Games a. The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction over any number of empty squares in a straight line. b. A playing card bearing the figure of a queen, ranking above the jack and below the king. 4. The fertile, fully developed female in a colony of social bees, ants, or termites. 5. A mature female cat, especially one kept for breeding purposes. 6. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man. v. queened, queen·ing, queens v.tr. 1. To make (a woman) a queen. 2. Games To raise (a pawn) to queen in chess. v.intr. Games Idiom: To become a queen in chess. queen it To act like a queen; domineer: queens it over the whole family. [Middle English quene, from Old English cw n; see gwen- in Indo-European roots.]Word History: Queen and quean sound alike, are spelled almost identically, and both refer to women, but of wildly different kinds. Queen comes from Old English cw n, pronounced (kw n), "queen, wife of a king," and comes from Germanic *kwn-iz, "woman, wife, queen." Quean comes from Old English cwene, pronounced (kw n  ), "woman, female, female serf"; from the eleventh century on it was also used to mean "prostitute." The Germanic source of cwene is *kwen- n-, "woman, wife." Once established, the pejorative sense of quean drove out its neutral senses and especially in the 16th and 17th centuries it was used almost solely to refer to prostitutes. Around the same time, in many English dialects the pronunciation of queen and quean became identical, leading to the obsolescence of the latter term except in some regions. · The Germanic root for both words, *kwen-, "woman," comes by Grimm's Law from the Indo-European root *gwen-, "woman," which appears in at least two other English words borrowed from elsewhere in the Indo-European family. One is gynecology, from Greek gun, "woman." Another, less obvious, one is banshee, "woman of the fairies," the wailing female spirit attendant on a death, from Old Irish ben, "woman." |
queen
Noun
1. a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state
2. the wife of a king
3. a woman, thing, or place considered the best or most important of her or its kind: the rose is considered the queen of garden flowers
4. Slang an effeminate male homosexual
5. the only fertile female in a colony of bees, wasps, or ants
6. a playing card with a picture of a queen on it
7. a chessman, able to move in a straight line in any direction
Verb
1. Chess to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank
2. queen it Informal to behave in an overbearing manner: she is more beautiful than ever and still queening it over everybody [Old English cwēn]
queenly adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  queen - the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggsinsect - small air-breathing arthropod queen bee - fertile egg-laying female bee |
| 2. |  queen - a female sovereign ruler royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat Queen of England - the sovereign ruler of England | |
| 3. | queen - the wife or widow of a king royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat queen consort - the wife of a reigning king queen dowager - the widow of a king queen regent - a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot | |
| 4. | queen - something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners" personification - a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism" | |
| 5. | queen - a competitor who holds a preeminent position challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" | |
| 6. |  queen - offensive term for an openly homosexual mangay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man | |
| 7. | queen - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen | |
| 8. | queen - (chess) the most powerful piece chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | |
| 9. | queen - an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males naked mole rat - fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites | |
| 10. | queen - female cat | |
| Verb | 1. | queen - promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess promote - change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent |
| 2. | queen - become a queen; "her pawn queened" chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece |
queen
Translations
queen
n queen [kwiːn]
1 a woman who rules a country, who inherits her position by right of birth the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II. koningin المَلِكَه кралица královna dronning die Königin βασίλισσα reina kuninganna ملکه kuningatar reine מַלכָּה रानी kraljica királynő ratu drottning regina 女王 여왕 karalienė karaliene ratu koningin dronning królowa rainha regină королева kráľovná kraljica kraljica drottning พระราชินี kraliçe 女王 королева ملکہ nữ hoàng 女王
2 the wife of a king The king and his queen were both present. koningin زَوجَة المَلِك، مَلِكَه кралица královna dronning die Königin η σύζυγος βασιλιά, βασίλισσα reina kuninganna همسر پادشاه kuningatar reine מַלכָּה रानी kraljica királyné permaisuri drottning regina 王妃 왕비 karalienė karaliene permaisuri koningin dronning królowa, królewska małżonka rainha regină королева kráľovná kraljica kraljica drottning ราชินี kraliçe 王后 королева بادشاہ کی بیوی hoàng hậu 王后
3 a woman who is in some way important, excellent or special a beauty queen; a movie queen. koningin مَلِكَة الجَمال царица královna -dronning die Königin ξεχωριστή γυναίκα, βασίλισσα (μτφ.) reina kuninganna زنی که از جهتی سرآمد و زبده است kuningatar reine מַלכָּת- महत्वपूर्ण महिला kraljica királynő ratu (fegurðar)drottning regina ～の女王 여왕에 비길 만한 여자 karalienė, pažiba karaliene ratu koningin dronning królowa rainha regină королева kráľovná kraljica kraljica drottning เหมือนราชินี ... kraliçesi 出眾的女人 королева; богиня کوئی عورت جسے کسی میدان میں امتیازی حیثیت حاصل ہو nữ chúa 出众的女人
4 a playing-card with a picture of a queen on it I have two aces and a queen. koningin بِنت في وَرَق اللَّعِب царица král(ovna) dronning die Dame ντάμα dama emand بی بی kuningatar dame מַלכָּה रानी dama (kártyában) dáma ratu (kartu) drottning regina, donna クイーン ?카드? 퀸 dama dāma ratu koningin dame dama dama damă дама kráľ, kráľovná dama dama dam ไพ่ควีน kız, dam （扑克牌中的）王后，Q дама تاش کا تصویر والا پتہ ، بیگم quân đầm （扑克牌中的）王后，Q
5 an important chess-piece a bishop, a king and a queen. koningin المَلِكَه في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنج царица dáma dronning die Dame βασίλισσα (στο σκάκι) reina lipp وزیر kuningatar reine מַלכָּה वजीर kraljica (sakkban) vezér, királynő ratu (catur) drottning regina クイーン ?체스? 여왕 valdovė, karalienė dāma menteri koningin dronning hetman, królowa rainha damă ферзь dáma kraljica kraljica drottning, dam เหมือนราชินี vezir; kız （國際象棋中的）王后 ферзь شطرنج کا سب سے زوردار مہرہ quân hậu （国际象棋中的）王后
6 the egg-laying female of certain kinds of insect (especially bees, ants and wasps). koningin مَلِكَة النَّحِل، اليَعْسوب царица майка královna dronning; -dronning die Königin βασίλισσα (για έντομα) reina ema ملکه kuningatar reine מַלכָּת- मादा matica királynő ratu serangga drottning regina 女王蜂など 여왕벌, 여왕개미 motinėlė māte ratu koningin dronning królowa rainha regină матка kráľovná matica matica drottning นางพญาผึ้ง kraliçe, ece 蜂王或蟻王 матка چیونٹیوں اور شہد کی مکھی میں بچے پیدا کرنے والی ملکہ ong chúa; kiến chúa 蜂王或蚁王
7 (slang) a homosexual man who assumes the female role. queen اللواطي الذي يَتَّخِذ دور الأنْثى педераст teplouš, buzerant bøsse die Queen, die Transe παθητικός ομοφυλόφιλος (λαϊκ.) marica naiselik homoseksuaal همجنس باز הוֹמוֹסֶקסוּאָל महिला भुमिका निभाने वाला समलैंगिक homić homoszexuális férfi (a nő szerepében) laki-laki homoseks yang berperan sebagai perempuan checca 男の同性愛者の女性役 pederastas pasīvais homoseksuālists pondan, bapuk travestiet homse ciota гомосексуалист homosexuál v úlohe ženy dama homoseksualac bög, fjolla กระเทย pasif eşcinsel （俚）男同性戀的女性角色 гомосексуаліст, що грає роль жінки ہم جنس پرست مرد جو عورت کا کردار نبھائے kẻ đồng tính luyến ái （俚）男同性恋的女性角色
adj queenly
of, like or suitable for, a queen. statig, koninginagtig مَلَكي، لائِق بِمَلِكَه царствен královský dronningeagtig wie eine Königin βασιλικός de reina kuningannalik ملکه وار majesteettinen de reine כְּמו מַלכָּה रानी जैसा poput kraljice királynői seperti ratu drottningar-, drottningarlegur da regina 女王のような 여왕의, 여왕다운 (kaip) karalienės, karališkas karalisks; karalienes- seperti ratu majesteitelijk dronning-, dronningaktig królewski como uma rainha (ca) de regină королевский kráľovský kraljevski, kraljičin kraljičin drottninglik, som anstår en drottning, drottning- เกี่ยวกับราชินี kraliçe gibi 女王的，适合女王的 притаманний королеві, королевський ملکہ کے لائق như bà hoàng 女王的，适合女王的
queen mother
the mother of the reigning king or queen, who was herself once a queen. koningin-moeder المَلِكَه الأم кралица майка královna matka dronningemoder die Königinmutter βασιλομήτωρ reina madre kuninga(nna) ema, leskkuninganna ملکه مادر kuningataräiti reine mère הַמַלכָּה הַאֵם राजमाता majka kraljice anyakirályné ibu suri drottningarmóðir regina madre 皇太后 황태후 karalienė motina karaliene māte bonda ratu koningin{#169}moeder dronningmoren; enkedronning królowa matka rainha-mae regina mamă королева-мать kráľovná matka kraljica mati kraljica majka drottningmoder ราชินีม่ายของกษัตริย์องค์ก่อน ana kraliçe 皇太后 королева-мати تخت نشین بادشاہ یا ملکہ کی والدہ hoàng thái hậu 皇太后
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