“Royalty” in French is royauté. If you mean “royalty” as in payments for usage , the common French word is redevance or sometimes droits d’auteur depending on context.

Usage

  • La royauté = the state of being royal, or royalty as monarchs and royal family members.
  • Une redevance = a royalty payment, especially for rights, licenses, or commercial use.

Example

  • La royauté britannique = British royalty.
  • Une redevance sur un brevet = a royalty on a patent.

Pronunciation: royauté is pronounced roughly like “rwah-yoh-TAY.”