kinglike

king

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [king]
- /kɪŋ/
- /ˈkɪŋ.laɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [king]
- /kɪŋ/

Definitions of kinglike word

noun kinglike a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people. 1
noun kinglike (initial capital letter) God or Christ. 1
noun kinglike a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors. 1
noun kinglike a playing card bearing a picture of a king. 1
noun kinglike Chess. the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction. 1
noun kinglike Checkers. a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction. 1

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Origin of kinglike

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English cyng, cyni(n)g; cognate with German König, Dutch koning, Old Norse konungr, Swedish konung, Danish konge. See kin, -ing3

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Parts of speech for Kinglike

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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kinglike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

kinglike usage trend in Literature

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