English Explanatory Dictionary

realm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.
  2. An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise.
  3. The spiritual state of which God is the head; the Kingdom of Heaven.
  4. A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
  5. A primary zoogeographical division of the earth's surface.
  6. A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.
  7. A region or zone forming part of a cosmological system.

Pronunciation

rĕlm /ɹɛlm/ /rɛːm/ /rɛlm/ en-us-realm.ogg en-au-realm.ogg

Word forms

realm realms realme

Etymology

From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme, reialme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *rēgālimen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of regimen with rēgālis is usually cited. The modern spelling predominates from around 1600. The modern pronunciation with /l/ is either a spelling pronunciation or influenced by the etymology.

Synonyms

country land kingdom field province

Derived words

abjuration of the realm abjure the realm abstract realm coin of the realm Commonwealth realm custom of the realm Eastern Realm experience realm floristic realm hell realm Ice Realm Indomalayan realm interrealm in the realm of shades Northern Realm Oriental realm peer of the realm realmless realmlessness realmlet realm of fantasy realm of possibility realm of the dead Schengen realm shadow realm Snow Realm Southern Realm underrealm unrealmed Western Realm

Translations

Arabic: مَمْلَكَة Arabic: مُلْك Armenian: թագավորություն Basque: erresuma Basque: erreinu Belarusian: карале́ўства Belarusian: ца́рства Bulgarian: ца́рство Bulgarian: кра́лство Chinese Mandarin: 王國 /王国 Chinese Mandarin: 領域 /领域 Czech: říše Danish: rige Dutch: rijk Dutch: koninkrijk Egyptian: tA:N23*Z1 Esperanto: regno Finnish: valtakunta Finnish: kuningaskunta French: royaume Galician: reino Georgian: სამეფო Georgian: სამფლობელო German: Reich German: Königreich German: Kaiserreich Greek: βασίλειο Greek: κράτος Hebrew: מַמְלָכָה Hungarian: birodalom Icelandic: ríki Irish: flaitheas Italian: reame Italian: regno Japanese: 王国 Japanese: 領域 Kazakh: әмірлік Kazakh: корольдік Kazakh: патшалық Korean: 왕국 Korean: 영역 Korean: 령역 Latin: rēgnum Macedonian: кралство Macedonian: царство Māori: rangatiratanga Middle English: seignurie Mongolian: вант улс Nahuatl: hueyitlahtohcayotl Norwegian Bokmål: rike Norwegian Nynorsk: rike Old English: rīċe Old English: cynedōm Old Prussian: rīki Iranian Persian: مُلْک Polish: królestwo Portuguese: reino Russian: короле́вство Russian: ца́рство Northern Sami: riika
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