roial
English
editAdjective
editroial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editAdjective
editroial
- 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
editAdjective
editroial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)
- Alternative form of royal
Old French
editAlternative forms
edit- regiel (9th c.)
- reiel, riel
- reial, reall, reau, rial, riall, ryal, raial
- roal, roiall, royal, royaul, roiaut
- royel
Etymology
editFrom 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
editroial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)
Declension
editDeclension of roial
Related terms
editDescendants
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, volume 10: R, page 201
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