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roi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roi"

Bahnar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bahnaric *rɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).

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roi

  1. fly

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Late Latin rex.

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roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

  1. king

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

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    Noun

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    roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)

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

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    Descendants

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    • Antillean Creole: wa
    • Guianese Creole: rwè
    • Haitian Creole: wa, rwa
      • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa, lalwa
        • → English: loa
    • Karipúna Creole French: hué
    • Louisiana Creole: rwa
    • ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lerwa
    • Réunion Creole French: roi, rwa
    • ⇒ Seychellois Creole: lerwa
    • → Turkish: rua

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    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

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    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Dutch rooi (“line”).

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    roi

    1. (architecture, construction) building alignment

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    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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

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      From Latin rēgem.

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      • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈrei̯/
      • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈroi̯/, (northern) /ˈrei̯/
      • (late) IPA(key): /ˈro̯ɛ/, (northern) /ˈrɛ/

      Noun

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

      1. king
      2. (chess) king
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      Papiamentu

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      Alternative forms

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      • rooi (alternative spelling)

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      From Spanish arroyo.

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      roi

      A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.

      1. creek
      2. gulch

      Polish

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      • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.i/
      • Rhymes: -ɔi
      • Syllabification: ro‧i

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      roi

      1. third-person singular present of roić

      Réunion Creole French

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From French roi.

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      roi

      1. king

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      • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 302

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рои (roi), from Proto-Slavic *rojь. Compare Czech roj, Slovak roj and Serbo-Croatian roj.

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      roi n (plural roiuri)

      1. swarm

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      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative roi roiul roiuri roiurile
      genitive-dative roi roiului roiuri roiurilor
      vocative roiule roiurilor

      Vietnamese

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj. Cognate with Chut [Rục] brɔːj¹, Kha Phong urɔːj.

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      (classifier cây, cái) roi • (鞕, 𩍢)

      1. whip, rod
      2. (zoology) flagellum
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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      (classifier cây, trái, quả) roi

      1. (Northern Vietnam) wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)
        Synonym: mận

      Welsh

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      roi

      1. soft mutation of rhoi

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      Mutated forms of rhoi
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      rhoi roi unchanged unchanged

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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