rouai

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁwe/

Verb

rouai

1. first-person singular past historic of rouer

Anagrams

• ouïra

Norman

Alternative forms

• roué (continental Normandy)
• rwe (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

rouai m (plural rouais)

1. (Jersey) king

   Lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit! ― The king is dead, long live the king!

   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 517:

     Ch'tait du temps Rouai Jehan.

     It was in the time of King John.

2. (Jersey) joist

Coordinate terms

• reine