roial

English

Adjective

roial (comparative more roial, superlative most roial)

1. Archaic spelling of royal.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:roial.

Anagrams

• Loria, airol

Middle English

Adjective

roial

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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