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king
1. n. (Titres) Roi.
2. n. (Échecs) Roi, pièce la plus importante du jeu d'échecs.
3. n. (Dames) Dame, pièce la plus forte du jeu de dames.
Upon reaching its farthest forward row of the board by either an ordinary move or capture, a piece becomes a king.
4. n. (Cartes) Carte à jouer représentant un roi.
The ace, king, queen, and jack are the highest cards in the deck.
anglais > anglais
king
1. n. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
2. n. A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
3. n. Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
4. n. A component of certain games.
5. n.          (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest
6. n.          (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
7. n.          A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking
8. n. (slang) A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
9. n. A male dragonfly; a drake.
10. n. A king-sized bed.
11. v. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
12. v. To rule over as king.
13. v. To perform the duties of a king.
14. v. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
15. v. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
16. v. To dress and perform as a drag king.
17. n. alternative form of qinges (Chinese musical instrument)
français > anglais
roi
1. n-m. king
Le roi est mort. - The king is dead.
2. n-m. (chess) king
3. n-m. (card games) king

Exemples de phrases

The king went hunting this morning.      Le roi est allé chasser ce matin. He was nicknamed "The Potato King."      Il a été surnommé « le Roi de la pomme de terre ». The death of the king brought about a war.      La mort du roi a entraîné une guerre. The old man served the king for many years.      Le vieil homme servit le roi durant de nombreuses années. The king would not even read the message.      Le roi ne voulait pas même lire le message.

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