roial

English

Adjective

roial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)

1. Archaic spelling of royal.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.

Anagrams

• Loria, airol

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French roial.

Adjective

roial

1. Alternative form of royal
   • Late 14th century: This Cambyuskan, of which I have yow toold, / In roial vestiment sit on his deys — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

Descendants

• English: royal

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roial.

Adjective

roial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)

1. royal; Alternative form of royal

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Old French

Alternative forms

• real
• reial
• regiel

Etymology

From an earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roi̯ˈal/

Adjective

roial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)

1. royal

Declension

Declension of roial

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	roiaus	roial	roial
	Oblique	roial	roial	roial
Plural	Subject	roial	roiaus	roial
	Oblique	roiaus	roiaus	roial

Related terms

• roi/rei
• regal

Descendants

• English: royal
• Middle French: roial
  • French: royal