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==English==
==English==
[[File:Golden-crowned Kinglet - Olympic NP - Washington S4E2565 (19049138018).jpg|thumb|A golden-crowned kinglet.]]

===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|king|let}}.
From {{suffix|en|king|let}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{context|chiefly|_|pejorative|lang=en}} A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
# {{lb|en|chiefly|_|pejorative}} A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
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#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=42|book=I|passage=''Cæsar'' termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in ''France'', to be '''Kinglets''' [tr. {{m|la|regulus|reguli}}], or pettie Kings.}}
#* '''1603''', John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', I.42:
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#* '''1951''', {{w|Isaac Asimov}}, ''[[w:Foundation (novel)|Foundation]]'' (1974 [[w:Panther Books|Panther Books Ltd]] publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161:
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#*: ''Cæsar'' termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in ''France'', to be '''Kinglets''' [tr. {{term|reguli}}], or pettie Kings.
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#* '''1951''', [[w:Isaac Asimov|Isaac Asimov]], ''[[w:Foundation (novel)|Foundation]]'' (1974 [[w:Panther Books|Panther Books Ltd]] publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161:
#*: “My son hears tales. In the viceroy’s personal entourage, one could scarcely help it. And he tells me of them. Our new viceroy would not refuse the Crown if offered, but he<!-- page break --> guards his line of retreat. There are stories that, failing Imperial heights, he plans to carve out a new Empire in the Barbarian hinterland. It is said, but I don’t vouch for this, that he has already given one of his daughters as wife to a '''Kinglet''' somewhere in the uncharted Periphery.”
#*: “My son hears tales. In the viceroy’s personal entourage, one could scarcely help it. And he tells me of them. Our new viceroy would not refuse the Crown if offered, but he<!-- page break --> guards his line of retreat. There are stories that, failing Imperial heights, he plans to carve out a new Empire in the Barbarian hinterland. It is said, but I don’t vouch for this, that he has already given one of his daughters as wife to a '''Kinglet''' somewhere in the uncharted Periphery.”
# A young or little [[king#English|king]].
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# A [[bird]] of the [[crest]] family ([[Regulidae]]).
# A [[prince#English|prince]].
# Any of several [[bird]]s of the family {{taxfmt|Regulidae|family}}.
#: {{synonyms|en|crest}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|queenlet}} (female kinglet)


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a petty king}}
{{trans-top|petty king}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|reietó|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roitelet|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|királyocska}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|királyocska}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|królik|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|régulo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|царёк|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|régulo|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|царьо́к}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a bird of the crest family}}
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{{trans-top|bird of the family Regulidae}}
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|királyka}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|reyín}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|reietó|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|králíček}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hippiäinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roitelet|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Goldhähnchen|n}}
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|királyka}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mysikrólik|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|aușel|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|королёк|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|корольо́к}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


====Further reading====
[[ku:kinglet]]
* {{pedia}}
[[pl:kinglet]]
* {{specieslite|Regulidae}}
[[vi:kinglet]]
* {{comcatlite|Regulidae}}
[[zh:kinglet]]

[[Category:en:Perching birds]]

Latest revision as of 06:44, 14 June 2024

English

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A golden-crowned kinglet.

Etymology

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From king +‎ -let.

Noun

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kinglet (plural kinglets)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
      Cæsar termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in France, to be Kinglets [tr. reguli], or pettie Kings.
    • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161:
      “My son hears tales. In the viceroy’s personal entourage, one could scarcely help it. And he tells me of them. Our new viceroy would not refuse the Crown if offered, but he guards his line of retreat. There are stories that, failing Imperial heights, he plans to carve out a new Empire in the Barbarian hinterland. It is said, but I don’t vouch for this, that he has already given one of his daughters as wife to a Kinglet somewhere in the uncharted Periphery.”
  2. A young or little king.
  3. A prince.
  4. Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.
    Synonym: crest
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Translations

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Further reading

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