roi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roi"

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *rɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔːj/

Noun

roi 

  1. fly

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Late Latin rex.

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

  1. king

French

Alternative forms
  • roy (obsolete) (pre-1800)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁwa/
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  • Homophones: Roy, rois, roua, rouas, rouât
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)

  1. king
    Le roi est mort.
    The king is dead.
  2. (chess) king
  3. (card games) king

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: wa
  • Guianese Creole: rwè
  • Haitian Creole: wa
    • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
      • → English: loa
  • Karipúna Creole French: hué
  • Louisiana Creole: rwa
  • Seychellois Creole: lerwa

See also
Chess pieces in French · pièces d’échecs (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
roi dame tour fou cavalier pion
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms
  • rex (9th century)
  • rei
  • rai (Le Roman de Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)
  • roy

Etymology

From Latin rēgem.

Pronunciation
  • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈrei̯/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈroi̯/, (northern) /ˈrei̯/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈro̯ɛ/, (northern) /ˈrɛ/

Noun

roi oblique singular, m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Descendants
  • Middle French: roy
    • French: roi, roy (obsolete)
      • Antillean Creole: wa
      • Guianese Creole: rwè
      • Haitian Creole: wa
        • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
          • → English: loa
      • Karipúna Creole French: hué
      • Louisiana Creole: rwa
      • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
  • Norman:
    Continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey
    Guernsey: ré, roué
    Jersey: rouai
    Sark: rwe
  • Walloon: roy, rwè
  • → Middle Breton: roe
  • → Middle Cornish: ruy
  • → Middle English: roy, roye

Papiamentu

Alternative forms
  • rooi (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

roi

A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.

  1. creek
  2. gulch

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɔi
  • Syllabification: ro‧i

Verb

roi

  1. third-person singular present of roić

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рои (roi), from Proto-Slavic *rojь. Compare Czech roj, Slovak roj and Serbo-Croatian roj.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -oj

Noun

roi n (plural roiuri)

  1. swarm

Declension
Declension of roi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) roi roiul (niște) roiuri roiurile
genitive/dative (unui) roi roiului (unor) roiuri roiurilor
vocative roiule roiurilor

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj. Cognate with Chut [Rục] brɔːj¹, Kha Phong urɔːj.

Noun

(classifier cây, cái) roi • (鞕, 𩍢)

  1. whip, rod

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) roi

  1. (Northern Vietnam) Syzygium samarangense (wax apple)
    Synonym: mận

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔi̯/

Verb

roi

  1. Soft mutation of rhoi.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhoi roi unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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