rial

rial

See also: Rial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریال‎ (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال‎ (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.

Noun

rial (plural rials)

1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
2. (historical) An old gold coin of England.

Translations

currency in Middle East

Arabic: رِيَال‎ (ar) m (riyāl) Armenian: ռիալ (ṙial) Catalan: rial m Chinese: Mandarin: 里亞爾／里亚尔 (zh) (lǐyǎ'ěr) Finnish: rial (fi) French: rial (fr) m German: Rial (de) m Indonesian: rial (id) Japanese: リヤル (riyaru) Korean: 리알 (rial) Malay: rial Persian: ریال‎ (fa) (riyâl) Portuguese: rial (pt) m Russian: риа́л (ru) m (riál) Swahili: riali Tajik: риол (riol)

See also

• riyal

Anagrams

• Lair, aril, lair, lari, liar, lira, rail

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Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic رِيَال‎ (riyāl), from Spanish real. Doublet of reial.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /riˈal/

Noun

rial m (plural rials)

1. rial; riyal (currency)

Further reading

• “rial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “rial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Persian ریال‎‎ (riyâl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɑl/, [ˈriɑl]
• Rhymes: -iɑl
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧al

Noun

rial

1. rial

Declension

Inflection of rial (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		rial	rialit
genitive		rialin	rialien
partitive		rialia	rialeja
illative		rialiin	rialeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rial	rialit
accusative	nom.	rial	rialit
	gen.	rialin
genitive		rialin	rialien
partitive		rialia	rialeja
inessive		rialissa	rialeissa
elative		rialista	rialeista
illative		rialiin	rialeihin
adessive		rialilla	rialeilla
ablative		rialilta	rialeilta
allative		rialille	rialeille
essive		rialina	rialeina
translative		rialiksi	rialeiksi
instructive		—	rialein
abessive		rialitta	rialeitta
comitative		—	rialeineen

Possessive forms of rial (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rialini	rialimme
2nd person	rialisi	rialinne
3rd person	rialinsa

Anagrams

• Lari

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French

Noun

rial m (plural riaux)

1. rial

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Middle English

Adjective

rial

1. Alternative form of ryal

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rial m (definite singular rialen, indefinite plural rialar, definite plural rialane)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of rijal

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Portuguese

Noun

rial m (plural riais)

1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French rial.

Noun

rial m (plural riali)

1. rial

Declension

Declension of rial

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rial	rialul	(niște) riali	rialii
genitive/dative	(unui) rial	rialului	(unor) riali	rialilor
vocative	rialule		rialilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریال‎ (riyâl) and Arabic رِيَال‎ (riyāl), from Spanish real.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjal/ [ˈrjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: rial

Noun

rial m (plural riales)

1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

Further reading

• “rial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014