dynasty
Syllables: dy·nas·tyUK/ˈdɪnəsti//ˈdaɪnəsti/
dynasty noun: a series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
Noun
dynasty (plural dynasties)
- A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
- Habsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty
- A dynasty is nothing but the successful orchestration of treachery.2023, Stewart Stafford, A Wager After Midnight
- Synonyms:
- house, succession
- A family considered over time, with its ancestors and descendants
- To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the good families and in the fiery dynasties, life is family and family is life. It is the same people who give advice and their vices to live well who turn out to be the ones who give resource and reason to live long.2016, Criss Jami, Healology
- The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.
- During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family.
- A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.
dynasty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dynasty in Hindi
- a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- राजकुल rājkul, राजवंश rājvañś, ख़ानदान xāndān
dynasty in Tamil
- a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- வம்சம் vamcam, ராஜவம்சம் rājavamcam
dynasty in Marathi
- a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- राजवंश rājvauśa
dynasty in Urdu
- a series of rulers or dynasts from one family
- خانْدان xāndān, دُودْمان dūdmān
More languagesFewer languages
- dynasty in Bengali
- রাজবংশ rajboṅśo, খানদান khanodan
- dynasty in Telugu
- వంశం vaṁśaṁ
- dynasty in Malayalam
- രാജവംശം rājavaṁśaṁ
- dynasty in Kannada
- ರಾಜವಂಶ rājavaṃśa
- dynasty in Punjabi
- ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼ rājvãś
- dynasty in Gujarati
- રાજવંશ rājvãś
- dynasty in Odia
- ରାଜବଂଶୀୟ rājabaṁśiya
- dynasty in Sanskrit
- राजवंश rājavaṃśa
- dynasty in Sinhala
- රාජවංශය rājawaṁśaya
- dynasty in Nepali
- राजवंश rājavaṅśa
- dynasty in Pashto
- سلاله solāla, خاندان xānadān
- dynasty in Tagalog
- halari, dinastiya
- dynasty in Arabic
- سُلَالَة sulāla
- dynasty in Malay
- dinasti
- dynasty in Indonesian
- wangsa, ahala, dinasti
- dynasty in Thai
- ราชวงศ์ râat-chá-wong, วงศ์ wong
- dynasty in Vietnamese
- triều đại, vương triều
- dynasty in Myanmar
- မင်းဆက် mang:hcak
Examples of dynasty in a sentence
- Her father, Carter Burden Sr., was a handsome scion of the Vanderbilt dynasty.
- Because their royal dynasty is the House of Orange, locals don’t paint the town red, but orange.
- Located on the Jin River, Quanzhou was China’s principal port during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
Synonyms of dynasty
Forms of dynasty
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Origin of dynasty
Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).
Words formed from dynasty
Phrases with dynasty
Questions about dynasty
- What does dynasty mean?
- Dynasty means a series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
- What is dynasty in Hindi?
- Dynasty in Hindi is राजकुल (rājkul), राजवंश (rājvañś), ख़ानदान (xāndān). See Dynasty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dynasty?
- Dynasty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dynasty?
- Dynasty is pronounced /ˈdɪnəsti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dynasty?
- The plural of dynasty is dynasties.
Words near dynasty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dynasty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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