roial
English edit
Adjective edit
roial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
roial
- 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
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
roial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)
- Alternative form of royal
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- regiel (9th c.)
- reiel, riel
- reial, reall, reau, rial, riall, ryal, raial
- roal, roiall, royal, royaul, roiaut
- royel
Etymology edit
From Latin rēgālem. The original ending -el was progressively substituted by the more Latinate -al. Doublet of regal, which was entirely borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
- (archaic) IPA(key): /rei̯ˈjeːl/, /ri-/
- (classical) IPA(key): /roi̯ˈjal/, /-ˈjeːl/, /ri-/
- (late) IPA(key): /ro̯ɛˈjal/, /-ˈjel/, /ri-/
Adjective edit
roial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)
Declension edit
Declension of roial
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: royal, roial, real
- French: royal
- Norman: rial
- → Italian: reale
- →? Friulian: reâl
- → Middle English: royal, roial, roiall, royall, royalle, roialle, roall
- → Middle English: ryal, real, rial, reall, riol, ryol, riel
References edit
- roial on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “regalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 201