roi

See also: ROI, Rói, rọi, rồi, rổi, rỗi, rối, rơi, and rời

Bahnar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔːj/

Noun

roi 

1. fly

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Late Latin rex.

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

1. king

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French

Alternative forms

• roy (obsolete) [pre-1800]

Etymology

From Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁwa/

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• Homophones: Roy, rois, roua, rouas, rouât

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

• au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois
• être plus royaliste que le roi
• fête des Rois
• Filles du Roi
• fou du roi
• galette des rois
• procureur du roi
• roi des animaux
• roi des cailles
• roi des oiseaux
• roi fainéant
• roi mage
• royaume
• Vallée des rois

 

Related terms

• régalien
• reine
• royal
• royaume
• royauté

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

Further reading

• “roi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin rēgem, rēx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯/
• IPA^(key): /ˈroi̯/
• IPA^(key): /ˈro̯ɛ/

Noun

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

1. king
2. (chess) king

Related terms

• roial/reial
• reaume

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
• Walloon: roy, rwè
• → Middle English: roy, roye
  • English: roy

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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

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Polish

Verb

roi

1. third-person singular present of roić

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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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹɔj˧˧]

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

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) roi

1. (Northern Vietnam) Syzygium samarangense (wax apple)

   Synonym: mận

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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.