regal

royal, majestueux

Lié aux rois ou aux reines, ou aussi grandiose et impressionnant qu’eux.

En anglais simple : Connected with kings or queens, or grand and impressive like them.

• She looked regal in her long dress.
• The palace displayed symbols of regal authority.
• He entered with a regal air.

Synonymes : royal, majestic

Expressions courantes : regal authority, regal appearance, regal robes, regal bearing

régale

Petit instrument à clavier dont les languettes métalliques vibrent au passage de l’air.

En anglais simple : A small musical keyboard instrument whose metal reeds make sound when air passes over them.

• He played a small regal.
• The museum owns a sixteenth-century regal.
• Air from the bellows makes the regal sound.

Expressions courantes : portable regal, play the regal, small regal

jeu de régale

Commande d’un orgue produisant un son brillant grâce à des anches et des tuyaux courts.

En anglais simple : A control on an organ that produces a bright sound using reeds and short pipes.

• The organ has a regal stop.
• She drew the regal for a brighter tone.
• The builder fitted a new regal to the instrument.

Expressions courantes : regal stop, draw the regal, use the regal