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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

famiglia reale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /faˈmiʎ.ʎa reˈa.le/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Royalty/ˈrɔɪ.əl.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La famiglia reale ha visitato la città ieri."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    People of royal blood or status, such as kings, queens, princes, and princesses.

    "Several members of foreign royalty attended the grand coronation ceremony."
  2. 2

    A sum of money paid to a patentee, author, or composer for the use of a patent or copyrighted work, or to an owner for the right to extract minerals.

    "The successful author receives hefty royalties on every copy of the book sold."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'roialté', which traces back to the Medieval Latin 'regalitas', meaning regal or royal status. Over time, the semantic scope expanded from denoting the state or quality of being royal to also describe a payment made to an author, inventor, or proprietor for the right to use their property.

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