roi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "roi"
Bahnar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bahnaric *rɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roi
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin rex.
Noun edit
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- roy (obsolete) (pre-1800)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)
- king
- Le roi est mort.
- The king is dead.
- (chess) king
- (card games) king
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Antillean Creole: wa
- Guianese Creole: rwè
- Haitian Creole: wa
- Karipúna Creole French: hué
- Louisiana Creole: rwa
- Seychellois Creole: lerwa
See also edit
Chess pieces in French · pièces d’échecs (layout · text) | |||||
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roi | dame | tour | fou | cavalier | pion |
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading edit
- “roi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈrei̯/
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈroi̯/, (northern) /ˈrei̯/
- (late) IPA(key): /ˈro̯ɛ/, (northern) /ˈrɛ/
Noun edit
roi oblique singular, m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Papiamentu edit
Alternative forms edit
- rooi (alternative spelling)
Etymology edit
Noun edit
roi
A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
roi
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рои (roi), from Proto-Slavic *rojь. Compare Czech roj, Slovak roj and Serbo-Croatian roj.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oj
Noun edit
roi n (plural roiuri)
Declension edit
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj. Cognate with Chut [Rục] brɔːj¹, Kha Phong urɔːj.
Noun edit
(classifier cây, cái) roi • (鞕, 𩍢)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
(classifier cây, trái, quả) roi
- (Northern Vietnam) Syzygium samarangense (wax apple)
- Synonym: mận
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
roi
- Soft mutation of rhoi.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |