dynasty B1 Topic:Time US /ˈdaɪnəsti/ UK /ˈdɪnəsti/ See IPA manual Freq #7948 Meanings 1 noun A series of rulers who all belong to the same family. The Habsburg dynasty ruled large parts of Europe for centuries. 2 noun A period of history when a country was ruled by a particular family. During the Ming dynasty, China produced beautiful porcelain. 3 noun A team or organization that stays successful and dominant for a long time. The team built a dynasty by winning five titles in a row. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a series of rulers who all... housesuccession Word family Forms dynasties Derived forms dynasticdynasticaldynasticallysubdynasty Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”). *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European dynastia la-lat δυναστεία Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dynasty **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪnəsti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪnəsti/ **Frequency rank:** 7948 ## Meanings 1. A series of rulers who all belong to the same family. 2. A period of history when a country was ruled by a particular family. 3. A team or organization that stays successful and dominant for a long time. ## Examples - The Habsburg dynasty ruled large parts of Europe for centuries. - During the Ming dynasty, China produced beautiful porcelain. - The team built a dynasty by winning five titles in a row. ## Derived Forms - dynastic - dynastical - dynastically - subdynasty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dewh₂- - Root: dynastia - Root: δυναστεία ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”). ## AI Etymology Dynasty is borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”). In current use, the main senses are “A series of rulers who all belong to the same family” and “A period of history when a country was ruled by a particular family”. ## Topics - Time markdown