roial
English
Adjective
roial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)
- Archaic spelling of royal.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.
Anagrams
- Loria, airol
Middle English
Adjective
roial
- 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
Middle French
Adjective
roial m (feminine singular roiale, masculine plural roials, feminine plural roiales)
- Alternative form of royal
Old French
Alternative forms
- regiel (9th c.)
- reiel, riel
- reial, reall, reau, rial, riall, ryal, raial
- roal, roiall, royal, royaul, roiaut
- royel
Etymology
From Latin rēgālem. The original ending -el was progressively substituted by the more Latinate -al. Doublet of regal, which was entirely borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /rei̯ˈjeːl/, /ri-/
- (classical) IPA(key): /roi̯ˈjal/, /-ˈjeːl/, /ri-/
- (late) IPA(key): /ro̯ɛˈjal/, /-ˈjel/, /ri-/
Adjective
roial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)
- 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 |
Related terms
- roi
Descendants
- Middle French: royal, roial, real
- French: royal
- Norman: rial
- → Italian: reale
- →? Friulian: reâl
- → Middle English: royal, roial, roiall, royall, royalle, roialle, roall
- English: royal
- Scots: royal
- → Middle English: ryal, real, rial, reall, riol, ryol, riel
- English: rial, ryal
- Scots: rial, ryal
References
- roial on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “regalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 201