roi

See also: rồi, rỗi, rói, Rói, and ROI

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Late Latin rex.

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

1. king

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French

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: 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

Related terms

• régalien
• reine
• royal
• royaume
• royauté

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: wa
• → English: roy (obsolete)
• 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 rēx, rēgem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roj/

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
    • 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:
  • Guernsey: ré, roué
  • Jersey: rouai
  • continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey
  • Sark: rwe
• Walloon: roy, rwè

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.i/

Verb

roi

1. third-person singular present of roić

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Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Czech, Slovak and Serbo-Croatian roj, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

roi

1. swarm

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐɔj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj.

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.