roi

From Proto-Bahnaric *rɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).

• IPA^(key): /rɔːj/

roi 

1. fly

From Late Latin rex.

roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

1. king

• roy (obsolete) (pre-1800)

Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

• IPA^(key): /ʁwa/

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• Homophones: Roy, rois, roua, rouas, rouât
• Rhymes: -a

roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)

1. king

   Le roi est mort.

   The king is dead.

2. (chess) king
3. (card games) king

• régalien
• reine
• royal
• royaume
• royauté

• Antillean Creole: wa
• Guianese Creole: rwè
• Haitian Creole: wa
  • (perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
    • → English: loa
• Karipúna Creole French: hué
• Louisiana Creole: rwa
• Seychellois Creole: lerwa

Chess pieces in French · pièces d’échecs (layout · text)
roi	dame	tour	fou	cavalier	pion

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept
huit	neuf	dix	valet	dame	roi	joker

• “roi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• rex (9th century)
• rei
• rai (Le Roman de Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)
• roy

From Latin rēgem.

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroi̯/, (northern) /ˈrei̯/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈro̯ɛ/, (northern) /ˈrɛ/

roi oblique singular, m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)

1. king
2. (chess) king

• roial
• reaume

• rooi (alternative spelling)

From Spanish arroyo.

roi

A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.

1. creek
2. gulch

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɔi
• Syllabification: ro‧i

roi

1. third-person singular present of roić

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рои (roi), from Proto-Slavic *rojь. Compare Czech roj, Slovak roj and Serbo-Croatian roj.

• Rhymes: -oj

roi n (plural roiuri)

1. swarm

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
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From Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj. Cognate with Chut brɔːj¹, Kha Phong urɔːj.

(classifier cây, cái) roi • (鞕, 𩍢)

1. whip, rod
2. (zoology) flagellum

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

(classifier cây, trái, quả) roi

1. (Northern Vietnam) wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)

   Synonym: mận

• IPA^(key): /rɔi̯/

roi

1. Soft mutation of rhoi.