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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

• 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

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

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

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

Related terms

• roial
• reaume

Descendants

• Middle French: roy
  • French: roi, roy (obsolete) (pre-1800)
    • 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 English: roy, roye
  • English: roy

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

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

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Mutated forms of rhoi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhoi	roi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.