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Meaning of rex | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2
[ˈreːks]

Definitions

  1. king, ruler
  2. despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually divided)
  3. king
    Late-Latin, declension-3

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca Əlahəzrət
Čeština Jeho Veličenstvo
Cymraeg Ei Fawrhydi
Deutsch Seine Majestät
English Despot His Majesty king ruler Tyrant
Español Su Majestad
हिन्दी हुज़ूर अकरम
Magyar őfelsége
Italiano Sua Maestà
日本語 大君 聖上 陛下
ខ្មែរ ព្រះករុណា
한국어 媽媽 버텅아래 주상 폐하
Kurdî king rex
Bahasa Melayu baginda
Nederlands Zijne Majesteit
Português Sua Majestade
Svenska hans majestät
Tiếng Việt thánh thượng
中文 陛下
ZH-TW 陛下

Examples

““Rēx erat Aenēās nōbīs quō iūstior alter”

“We had a king, Aeneas: [None] other than he was more just, nor dutiful, nor [skillful] in war and with weaponry.”

“annō tertiō rēgnī Ioachim rēgis Iuda vēnit Nabuchodonosor rēx Babylōnis Hierūsalēm et obsēdit eam”

"In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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