English

Adjective

roial ‎(comparative more roial, superlative most roial)

1. Archaic spelling of royal.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:roial.

Middle English

Adjective

roial

1. 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

• French: royal

Old French

Alternative forms

• real
• reial
• regiel

Etymology

From an earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rojal/

Adjective

roial m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular roial or roiale)

1. royal

Declension

Related terms

• roi/rei

Descendants

• English: royal
• Middle French: roial
  • French: royal