Regal

• IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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Of unclear origin. Perhaps derived from Middle Low German riōle or reōle (“rack, frame, ditch”),^[1] which could be related to Proto-Germanic *raih- (“streak, row”), whence Reihe (“row”), Riege (“group, team”), and Italian riga (“row, strip”).^[2] Compare also Dutch regel.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the form Regal existed alongside the form Real.

Regal n (strong, genitive Regales or Regals, plural Regale)

1. shelf, shelving, rack, bookcase

   Synonyms: Bord, Gestell

• Regalablage
• Regalebene
• Regalfach
• Aktenregal
• Bücherregal
• Kühlregal
• Lebensmittelregal
• Warenregal

Borrowed from Latin regalia.

Regal n (strong, genitive Regales or Regals, plural Regalien)

1. a right/privilege of a sovereign state or ruler; (in the plural) regalia

   Wichtige Regalien waren das Recht auf Besetzung der Bischofsämter und das Recht zur Erbauung von Pfalzen.

   Important privileges were the right of appointing the bishops, and the right to the building of palaces.

• “Regal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Regal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
•   Regal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Regal” in Duden online