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Plural of royal

regular plural

The plural of royal is royals.

Forms of royal

Singularroyal /ˈɹɔɪ̯.əl/
Pluralroyals
Countablecountable

Royals in a sentence

  • The documents also reveal that IISS and the Bahraini royals agreed to “take all necessary steps” to keep most of the donations secret.2016 December 6, Rob Evans, “British thinktank received £25m from Bahraini royals, documents reveal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry IISS
  • It's not necessary to be an expert on British royals before you see one of Shakespeare's history plays, but a little pretheater preparation never hurts.2005, Janet Ware, Al Davis, 101 Things You Didn't Know About Shakespeare, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry pretheater
  • In the blue corner was Mazher 'Fake Sheikh' Mahmood, a man said to be capable of smooth talking everyone from minor royals to millionaire football managers.2009, Peter Cole, Tony Harcup, Newspaper Journalism, →ISBN, page 147. From the entry smooth talk

Meaning of royal

  1. adjective Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
  2. adjective Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
  3. adjective In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

Full definition of royal

Questions about the plural of royal

What is the plural of royal?
The plural of royal is royals.
Is royal countable?
Royal is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: royal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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