English
regale
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹɪˈɡeɪl/, /ɹəˈɡeɪl/
Noun

regale (plural regales)

  1. A feast, meal.
Translations Verb

regale (regales, present participle regaling; past and past participle regaled)

  1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]
  2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th-19th c.]
    • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
      she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
  4. (figurative, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
    to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear
Translations Translations
  • French: régaler
  • German: festlich bewirten
  • Russian: угоща́ть
  • Spanish: regalar


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