Queen

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English

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Etymology

Old English cwÄn âwoman, queenâ. Cognate with quean.

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Pronunciation

(US) SAMPA:/kwin/

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Noun

queen (plural: queens)

A female monarch. Ex: Queen Victoria
The wife of a king. Ex: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
(chess) Piece able to move both horizontally and diagonally any number of spaces; most powerful piece.
(playing_cards) Playing card with picture of queen on its face, 12th card in a given suit.
A powerful or forceful female person.
Slang. A male homosexual who is particularly effeminate. See Drag queen.
A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp
An adult female cat. See tom.

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Translations

A female monarch

Afrikaans: koningin
Danish: dronning c.
Dutch: koningin f.
Esperanto: reÄino
French: reine f.
Finnish: kuningatar
German: KÃ¶nigin f.
Greek: Î²Î±ÏÎ¯Î»Î¹ÏÏÎ±(vasIlisa)f.
Indonesian: Ratu
Italian: Regina f.
Japanese: å¥³ç (ãããã, joÅ)

Norwegian: dronning f.
Novial: rega
Old English: cwÄn f
Portuguese: rainha f.
Russian: ÐºÐ¾ÑÐ¾Ð»ÐµÐ²Ð° f.
Slovene: kraljica
Swedish: drottning c.
Telugu: à°°à°¾à°£à°¿ (raani)
Turkish: kraliÃ§e
Welsh: frenhines

A chess piece

Danish: dronning c.
Dutch: koningin
Esperanto: reÄino
Finnish: kuningatar
German: Dame f.
Greek: Î²Î±ÏÎ¯Î»Î¹ÏÏÎ±(vasIlisa)f.
Italian: regina f.
Japanese: ã¯ã¤ã¼ã³ (kuÄ«n)

Norwegian: dronning
Novial: rega
Indonesian: Ratu
Russian: ÑÐµÑÐ·Ñ m.
Slovene: kraljica, dama
Swedish: dam c., drottning c.
Telugu: à°°à°¾à°£à°¿ (raani)
Turkish: vezir

Playing card

Afrikaans vrou
Danish: dame c.
Dutch: dame f.
Esperanto: reÄino
French: reine f., dame
Finnish: kuningatar, rouva, akka colloquial
German: Dame f.
Italian: regina f., donna f.
Japanese: ã¯ã¤ã¼ã³ (kuÄ«n)

Norwegian: dronning
Novial: rega
Indonesian: Ratu
Swedish: dam c.
Russian: Ð´Ð°Ð¼Ð° f.
Telugu: à°°à°¾à°£à°¿ (raani)
Turkish: kÄ±z

A powerful or forceful female person

slang: A male homosexual

Finnish: homo
German: Tunte f.
Greek: ÏÎ¿ÏÏÏÎ·Ï m.
Indonesian: Homo / Hombre / Banci

Swedish: bÃ¶g

A reproductive female animal in a hive

Danish: dronning c.
Dutch: koningin
Finnish: kuningatar
German: KÃ¶nigin f.
Greek: Î²Î±ÏÎ¯Î»Î¹ÏÏÎ±(vasIlisa)f.
Italian: ape regina f.
Norwegian: dronning

Russian: Ð¼Ð°ÑÐºÐ° (mÃ¡tka) f., ÑÐ°ÑÐ¸ÑÐ° (carÃca) f.
Slovene: matica
Swedish: drottning c.
Turkish: kraliÃ§e

An adult female cat

Dutch: kattin f., poes f.
Italian: gatta f.
French: folle f.

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Breton: rouanez f. -ed pl. (1,2,4), damez f. (3), katell f. -ed pl. (5)
Bulgarian: ÐºÑÐ°Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ° f. (1), ÑÐ°ÑÐ¸ÑÐ° f. (1, 2, 5), Ð´Ð°Ð¼Ð° f. (3), ÑÑÐ°Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸Ñ (5)
Catalan: reina f.
Chinese: å, çå, å¥³ç
Czech: krÃ¡lovna (1, 4), dÃ¡ma (2, 3) f., svrÅ¡ek (3) m.
Galician: raÃÃ±a f.
Hebrew: ×××× f.
Indonesian: ratu
Interlingua: regina
Korean: ì¬ì [å¥³ç] (yeowang)
Latin: regina f.
Lithuanian: karalienÄ f. (1, 4); sometimes karalÄ f. (ruling female monarch, when her consort is not ruling) (1) valdovÄ f. (2); dama f. (3); motinÄlÄ f. (6)
Polish: krÃ³lowa f. (1,2,6), hetman m. (2), dama f. (3)
Romanian: reginÄ f. (1, 2) damÄ (3)
Russian: ÐºÐ¾ÑÐ¾Ð»ÐµÐ²Ð°(koroleva)
Slovak: krÃ¡Ä¾ovnÃ¡ (1, 4), dÃ¡ma (2, 3) f., hornÃk (3) m.
Slovene: kraljica f. (1, 2, 3), matica f. (6)
Spanish: reina f.
Vietnamese: Ná»¯-hoÃ ng, HoÃ ng-háºu
VolapÃ¼k: jireg