kingdom

royaume

Pays dont le chef officiel est un roi ou une reine.

En anglais simple : A country whose official head is a king or queen.

• The queen ruled a small kingdom.
• The two kingdoms signed a peace agreement.
• He travelled across the kingdom to visit the king.

Synonymes : realm

Expressions courantes : United Kingdom, ancient kingdom, rule a kingdom

règne

Un des plus grands groupes servant à classer les êtres vivants, comme les animaux ou les plantes.

En anglais simple : One of the largest groups used to organize living things, such as animals or plants.

• Mushrooms belong to the fungal kingdom.
• The animal kingdom includes insects and mammals.
• How many kingdoms does this classification system recognize?

Synonymes : regnum

Expressions courantes : animal kingdom, plant kingdom, fungal kingdom

royaume, domaine

Milieu ou monde où une chose domine ou occupe la place la plus importante.

En anglais simple : An area or world in which a particular thing has the greatest power or importance.

• She escaped into a kingdom of dreams.
• In his kingdom of ideas, imagination rules.
• The empty house had become a kingdom of silence.

Comment l'utiliser : kingdom of something (The poet leads us into a kingdom of dreams.)

Synonymes : realm, domain

Expressions courantes : kingdom of thought, kingdom of dreams, kingdom of silence