palace

A2 Topic:Architecture & Buildings

US /ˈpæl.ɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #2143

Meanings

1

noun
A large, grand building where a king, queen, or other ruler lives.

Thousands of tourists visit Buckingham Palace every year.
2

noun
A very large and luxurious house.

Their new home was so big it felt like a palace.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large, grand building... castle

Word family

Forms palaces

Derived forms minipalacepalace-politicspalacefulpalacelikepalaceouspalacewardpalacewardspalaciouspalatial

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palace car
a railway passenger car offering individual seats for an extra fare

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Palace derives from Latin Palatium, the name of Rome’s Palatine Hill, where the emperors had their residence. The place name came to denote the imperial home and then any large, luxurious residence of a powerful person. The related Latin palatinus, “palace official,” separately developed through Old French into paladin, “warrior” or “noble knight.”

Etymology

From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.

paleys Middle English palais Old French palātium Latin

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Architecture & Buildings General Vocabulary

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# palace

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpæl.ɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 2143

## Meanings
1. A large, grand building where a king, queen, or other ruler lives.
2. A very large and luxurious house.

## Examples
- Thousands of tourists visit Buckingham Palace every year.
- Their new home was so big it felt like a palace.

## Derived Forms
- minipalace
- palace-politics
- palaceful
- palacelike
- palaceous
- palaceward
- palacewards
- palacious
- palatial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paleys
- Root: palais
- Root: palātium

## Etymology
From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.

## AI Etymology
Palace comes from Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin palātium, from Palātium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz. Modern senses include a large, grand building where a king, queen, or other ruler lives and a very large and luxurious house. The wider word family includes derivatives such as minipalace, palace-politics, palaceful, palacelike, palaceous, and palaceward.

## Topics
- Architecture & Buildings
- General Vocabulary

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