different between roil vs rial

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /???l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Verb

roil (third-person singular simple present roils, present participle roiling, simple past and past participle roiled)

1. (transitive) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

   Synonym: agitate
2. (transitive) To annoy; to make someone angry.

   Synonyms: irritate, rile

   • 1890, Roger North, Lives of the Norths

     That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.

3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
5. (obsolete, Britain, dialect, intransitive) To romp.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Loir, Lori, loir

Estonian

Noun

roil

1. adessive plural of roog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ????? (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic ??????? (riy?l) (in the case of Oman and Yemen). 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

See also

• riyal

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ri?al/

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.
• “rial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Finnish

Noun

rial

1. rial

Declension

Anagrams

• Lari

Middle English

Adjective

rial

1. Alternative form of ryal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (numismatics) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by rijal

Portuguese

Noun

rial m (plural riais)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French rial.

Noun

rial m (plural riali)

1. rial

Declension

Spanish

Noun

rial m (plural riales)

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