queen

queen  (kwn)

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

To become a queen in chess.

Idiom:

queen it

To act like a queen; domineer: queens it over the whole family.

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[Middle English quene, from Old English cwn; see g^wen- 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 cwn, pronounced (kwn), "queen, wife of a king," and comes from Germanic *kwn-iz, "woman, wife, queen." Quean comes from Old English cwene, pronounced (kwn), "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 *g^wen-, "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."

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queen [kwiːn]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the wife or widow of a king

3. a woman or a thing personified as a woman considered the best or most important of her kind a beauty queen the queen of ocean liners

4. Slang an effeminate male homosexual

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)

a.  the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops

b.  (as modifier) a queen bee

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an adult female cat

7. (Group Games / Card Games) one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen

8. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares

vb

1. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to crown as queen

3. (intr) Informal (of a gay man) to flaunt one's homosexuality

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (intr) to reign as queen

queen it (often foll by over) Informal to behave in an overbearing manner

[Old English cwēn; related to Old Saxon quān wife, Old Norse kvæn, Gothic qēns wife]

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Queen [kwiːn]

n

(Biographies / Queen, Ellery X) Ellery (ˈɛlərɪ). pseudonym of Frederic Dannay (1905-82) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-71), US coauthors of detective novels featuring a sleuth also called Ellery Queen

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queen - A litter-bearing female cat.

See also related terms for litter.

Thesaurus

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 eggs insect - small air-breathing arthropod queen bee - fertile egg-laying female bee
	2.	queen - a female sovereign ruler             female monarch, queen regnant 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 king, male monarch, Rex - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
	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 world-beater, king 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 man fag, faggot, fagot, poof, poove, pouf, queer, nance, fairy, pansy derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
	7.	queen - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face deck of cards, pack of cards, deck - a pack of 52 playing cards
	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 queen mole rat 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 tabby domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
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

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queen

noun

1. sovereign, ruler, monarch, leader, Crown, princess, majesty, head of state, Her Majesty, empress, crowned head the time she met the Queen

2. leading light, star, favourite, celebrity, darling, mistress, idol, big name, doyenne the queen of crime writing

3. (Informal) homosexual, gay, queer (informal, derogatory), homo (informal, derogatory), jessie (slang), pansy (informal, derogatory), homosexual man, poof (Brit. & Austral. derogatory slang), effeminate man, diva, prima donna, batty boy (slang), camp man, shirt-lifter (derogatory slang), woofter (derogatory slang) What a boring old queen he was.

Quotations
"queen: a woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
"I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, in people's hearts, but I don't see myself being Queen of this country" [Diana, Princess of Wales]

Translations

queen [kwiːn]

A. N

1. (= monarch) → reina f (Chess) → reina f (Cards) → dama f; (in Spanish pack) → caballo m
she was queen to Charles II → era la reina de Carlos II

2. (Zool) (also queen bee) → abeja f reina; (= ant) → hormiga f reina

3. → marica m (pej)

B. VT (Chess) [+ pawn] → coronar
to queen it → conducirse como una reina (fig) → pavonearse

C. VI (Chess) → ser coronado

D. CPD Queen's Bench N (Brit) departamento del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia
queen mother N → reina f madre
Queen's Counsel N (Brit) → abogado mf (de categoría superior) QC/KC

QUEEN'S/KING'S SPEECH

En el Reino Unido, el Queen's o King's Speech es el discurso que el monarca dirige cada año a las dos cámaras del Estado en la apertura del nuevo curso parlamentario. El discurso se retransmite por radio y televisión y es preparado por el gobierno, ya que en él se indican las directrices del programa de gobierno para el curso que comienza, así como la nueva legislación que se introducirá ese año. Para seguir con la tradición, en este discurso el monarca sigue refiriéndose al gobierno como my government.

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queen [ˈkwiːn] n

(= monarch) → reine f
Queen Elizabeth → la reine Élisabeth
Queen Victoria → la reine Victoria

(= king's wife) → reine f

(= woman or thing considered the best) → reine f
the queen of crime fiction → la reine du roman policier

(in cards) → dame f
the queen of hearts → la dame de cœur

(in chess) → dame f

(= bee) → reine f
queen bee n

(ZOOLOGY) → reine f des abeilles

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queen

n

(also fig) → Königin f; she was queen to George V → sie war die Gemahlin von Georg V.; queen of the May → Maikönigin f

(= bee, ant etc) → Königin f

(Cards) → Dame f; queen of spades → Pikdame

(Chess) → Dame f; queen’s bishop/pawn → Damenläufer/-bauer m

(inf: = homosexual) → Tunte f (inf)

vt

(Chess) → in eine Dame verwandeln or umwandeln

(inf) to queen it → die große Dame spielen; to queen it over somebody → jdn herumkommandieren (inf)

vi (Chess) → sich in eine Dame verwandeln

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queen:

Queen-Anne

adj style, furniture, building → Queen-Anne-; queen style furniture → Möbel pl → im Queen-Anne-Stil

queen bee

n → Bienenkönigin f; she’s the queen round here (fig inf) → sie ist hier die Nummer eins (inf)

queen cake

n → kleiner Rosinenkuchen

queen consort

n → Königin f, → Gemahlin f → des Königs

queen dowager

n → Königinwitwe f

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queen:

queen mother

n → Königinmutter f

Queen’s Bench

n → Oberster Gerichtshof

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queen [kwiːn] n → regina (Cards, Chess) → regina, donna
Queen Elizabeth → la regina Elisabetta

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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 (어떤 분야 등에서) 중요한 여성 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 (카드놀이) 퀸 dama dāma ratu koningin dame dama dama damă дама kráľ, kráľovná dama dama dam ไพ่ควีน kız, dam （撲克牌中的）王后 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 (벌, 개미 등의) 여왕 motinėlė māte ratu koningin dronning królowa rainha re­gi­nă матка kráľovná matica matica drottning นางพญาผึ้ง kraliçe, ece 某些昆蟲中負責產卵的雌蟲，尤指女王蜂、蟻后 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 homo 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 동성애자 pederastas pasīvais homoseksuālists pondan, bapuk travestiet homse ciota гомосексуалист homosexuál v úlohe ženy dama homoseksualac bög, fjolla กระเทย pasif eşcinsel （俚）扮演女性角色的男同性戀者 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 kuningatarmainen de reine כְּמו מַלכָּה रानी जैसा poput kraljice királynői seperti ratu drottningar-, drottningarlegur da regina 女王のような 여왕의 (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(般)的，適合女王的 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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queen → ملكة královna dronning Königin βασίλισσα reina kuningatar reine kraljica regina 女王 여왕 koningin dronning królowa rainha королева drottning พระราชินี kraliçe nữ hoàng 女王