regiun

regiun

Old French

Alternative forms

• region, regioun, regïun (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒjõn/, /reˈd͡ʒjũn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio. Compare inherited forms royon, reiun, rëon.

Noun

regiun f (oblique plural regiuns, nominative singular regiun, nominative plural regiuns)

1. region (geographical location)

Descendants

• Middle French: region
  • French: région
    • → Romanian: regiune
• → Middle English: regioun, region, regyoun, regyown, regyoyn, regyun, regyon, regyone, regeowne
  • English: region
  • Scots: region