roi

See also: rồi, rỗi, rói, Rói, and ROI

French

Etymology

From Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁwa/
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Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)

  1. king
    Le roi est mort.
    The king is dead.
  2. (chess) king
  3. (card games) king

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: wa
  • → English: roy (obsolete)
  • Guianese Creole: rwè
  • Haitian Creole: wa
    • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
      • → English: loa
  • Karipúna Creole French: hué
  • Louisiana Creole French: 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

Old French

Alternative forms

  • rai (Le Roman de Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)
  • rei
  • rex (9th century)
  • roy

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roj/

Noun

roi m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Descendants

  • Middle French: roy
    • French: roi
      • Antillean Creole: wa
      • Guianese Creole: rwè
      • Haitian Creole: wa
        • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
          • → English: loa
      • Karipúna Creole French: hué
      • Louisiana Creole French: rwa
      • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
  • Norman:
  • Walloon: roy, rwè

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Czech, Slovak and Serbo-Croatian roj, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oj

Noun

roi

  1. swarm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj.

Noun

(classifier cây, cái) roi (鞕, 𩍢)

  1. whip, rod

Etymology 2

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.
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