king of beasts

English

Etymology

From Middle English king of bestes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋ əv ˈbiːsts/
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Noun

king of beasts

(idiomatic) The lion.

Related terms

queen of beasts

Translations

the lion

Arabic: مَلِك الوُحُوش‎ (malik al-wuḥūš), مَلِك الغَابَة‎ (malik al-ḡāba, literally “king of the forest/jungle”)
Armenian: կենդանիների թագավոր (kendanineri tʿagavor)
Old Armenian: թագաւոր կենդանեաց (tʿagawor kendaneacʿ)
Belarusian: цар звяро́ў m (car zvjaróŭ)
Bengali: হায়ওয়ানের বাদশাহ (haẏowaner badośah)
Bulgarian: цар на живо́тните m (car na živótnite)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國王野獸／国王野兽 (guówáng yěshòu)
Czech: král zvířat m
Danish: dyrenes konge
Esperanto: reĝo de bestoj (eo)
Finnish: eläinten kuningas
French: roi des animaux (fr) m
German: König der Tiere
Greek: βασιλιάς των ζώων (el) m (vasiliás ton zóon)
Ancient: βασιλεὺς τῶν θηρῶν m (basileùs tôn thērôn), βασιλεὺς τῶν ζῴων m (basileùs tôn zṓiōn)
Hebrew: מֶלֶךְ הַחַיּוֹת‎ (he) m (mélech haẖayyót)
Hungarian: állatok királya
Icelandic: konungur dýranna
Italian: re degli animali m
Japanese: 百獣の王 (ja) (ひゃくじゅうのおう, hyakujū no ō)
Latin: rex animalium m
Latvian: zvēru ķēniņš m
Mongolian: араатны хаан (araatny xaan)
Old Church Slavonic: краль звѣрии m (kralĭ zvěrii)
Old Norse: dróttinn dýranna
Polish: król zwierząt (pl) m
Portuguese: rei dos animais m
Romanian: regele animalelor m
Russian: ца́рь звере́й (ru) m (cárʹ zveréj)
Sanskrit: राजा पशूनाम् (rājā paśūnām)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: краљ животиња m

Roman: kralj životinja m
Slovak: kráľ zvierat m
Slovene: kralj živalov m
Spanish: rey de la selva m
Swedish: djurens konung c
Turkish: ormanlar kralı (literally “king of the forests”), hayvanlar kralı (literally “king of the animals”)
Ukrainian: цар звірі́в m (car zvirív), король звірі́в m (korolʹ zvirív)

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