roial

English

Adjective

roial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)

  1. Archaic spelling of royal.

Quotations
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Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French roial.

Adjective

roial

  1. 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

Descendants

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roial

Adjective

roial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)

  1. royal; Alternative form of royal

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rex.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rojˈal/

Adjective

roial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)

  1. royal

Declension
Declension of roial
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject roiaus roial roial
Oblique roial roial roial
Plural Subject roial roiaus roial
Oblique roiaus roiaus roial

Descendants
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