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

Descendants

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