queen regnant

English

Alternative forms

• queen regnante

Noun

queen regnant (plural queens regnant)

1. A female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king.

Synonyms

• woman king

 

Coordinate terms

• king regnant
• queen consort
• queen regent

 

Translations

female monarch

• Bengali: শাহবানু (bn) (śahbanu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當朝女王／当朝女王 (dāngcháo nǚwáng)

• Finnish: hallitseva kuningatar
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: királynő (hu)
• Khmer: រាជិនីនាថ (riəciniiniət)
• Malay: ratu (ms)
• Portuguese: rainha reinante f
• Spanish: reina reinante f
• Vietnamese: nữ vương (vi)

See also

• queen consort
• empress regnant
• king consort
• prince consort
• queen dowager
• consort
• dowager