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6-letter words (2 found)

GALERE,REGALE,

5-letter words (17 found)

AGLEE,AGREE,ARGLE,EAGER,EAGLE,EAGRE,GEARE,GERLE,GLARE,LAGER,LAREE,LARGE,LEARE,LEEAR,LEGER,RAGEE,REGAL,

4-letter words (25 found)

AGEE,AGER,ALEE,AREG,ARLE,EALE,EARL,EGAL,EGER,GALE,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GERE,GLEE,GREE,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LEER,LERE,RAGE,RALE,REAL,REEL,

3-letter words (22 found)

AGE,ALE,ARE,EAR,EEL,ERA,ERE,ERG,GAE,GAL,GAR,GEE,GEL,GER,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEE,LEG,RAG,REE,REG,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AG,AL,AR,EA,EE,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from regale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of regale

regale

Etymology

From French régaler (“to entertain, feast”), from Old French regale, rigale, from gale (“merriment”), probably of Germanic origin (see Old French galer). Influenced by Old French se rigoler (“amuse oneself, rejoice”), of unknown origin. Compare Middle High German begalen (“to charm; enchant”), English gale (“to sing; charm”). Compare also English gala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈɡeɪl/, /ɹəˈɡeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

regale (plural regales)

  1. (rare) A feast, a meal.
  2. (archaic) a choice article of food or drink.
  3. (archaic) refreshment.

Translations

Verb

regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)

  1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]
  2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th–19th c.]
  4. (figurative, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
    to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear

Translations

Anagrams

  • Alegre, Eargle, Legare, Reagle, aleger

Galician

Verb

regale

  1. inflection of regalar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgālis. Doublet of reale, which came via Old French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈɡa.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: re‧gà‧le

Adjective

regale (plural regali)

  1. pertaining to a king or kingdom; royal, regal

Related terms

  • re
  • regalismo
  • regalità
  • regalmente

Further reading

  • regale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • algere, galere, gelare, gelerà, legare, relega

Latin

Adjective

rēgāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of rēgālis

References

  • regale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛˈɡa.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: re‧ga‧le

Noun

regale m

  1. locative singular of regał
  2. vocative singular of regał

Portuguese

Verb

regale

  1. inflection of regalar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

regale

  1. inflection of regalar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. second-person singular voseo imperative of regar combined with le

Source: wiktionary.org