royne

See also: roÿne

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French royne, reïne.

Noun

royne f (plural roynes)

queen

Descendants

French: reine

Norman

Alternative forms

ranne (continental Normandy)
reine (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

royne f (plural roynes)

(Guernsey) queen

Old French

Alternative forms

raine, raïne
reine, reïne
roigne
roine, roïne
roÿne (diaereses are not universally used in scholarly transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin rēgīna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roi̯ˈi.nə/, /ˈroi̯.nə/

Noun

royne oblique singular, f (oblique plural roynes, nominative singular royne, nominative plural roynes)

queen (female monarch)

Descendants

French: reine
Norman: royne, ranne, reine
Walloon: royinne
→ Old East Slavic: ръ́ина (rŭ́ina)

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