different between ror vs roi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?r/, [?o???]
• Rhymes: -o???

Noun

ror n (singular definite roret, plural indefinite ror)

1. rudder

Inflection

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora or rorene)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ror

1. present of ro

References

• “ror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German roder, from Old Saxon *r?thar, from Proto-Germanic *r?þr?.

Noun

ror n (definite singular roret, indefinite plural ror, definite plural rora)

1. (nautical, aviation) a rudder
2. (nautical) the helm

Derived terms

• balanseror

References

• “ror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rohr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rô?r/
• Hyphenation: ror

Noun

r?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (regional) oven, stove
2. (regional) stovepipe

Declension

References

• “ror” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Verb

ror

1. present tense of ro.

Volapük

Etymology

From English roar

Noun

ror (nominative plural rors)

1. roar

Declension

Related terms

• rorön

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *r??j, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ru?j ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??j/

Noun

roi 

1. fly

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Late Latin rex.

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine roine)

1. king

French

Alternative forms

• roy (obsolete) [pre-1800]

Etymology

From Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin r?gem, accusative of r?x, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa/
• Homophones: Roy, rois, roua, rouas, rouât

Noun

roi m (plural rois, feminine reine)

1. king

   Le roi est mort.

   The king is dead.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• régalien
• reine
• royal
• royaume
• royauté

Descendants

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

See also

Further reading

• “roi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin r?x, r?gem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?roi?/

Noun

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

1. king
2. (chess) king

Related terms

• roial/reial
• reaume

Descendants

• Middle French: roy
  • French: roi, roy
    • Antillean Creole: wa
    • Guianese Creole: rwè
    • Haitian Creole: wa
      • (perhaps) ? Haitian Creole: lwa
        • ? English: loa
    • Karipúna Creole French: hué
    • Louisiana Creole French: rwa
    • Seychellois Creole: lerwa
  • Norman:

    Continental Normandy: rai, ré, rey

    Guernsey: ré, roué

    Jersey: rouai

    Sark: rwe

• Walloon: roy, rwè
• ? Middle English: roy, roye
  • English: roy

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• rooi (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Noun

roi

A dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.

1. creek
2. gulch

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.i/

Verb

roi

1. third-person singular present of roi?

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Czech, Slovak and Serbo-Croatian roj, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *roj?.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

roi

1. swarm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [z?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??j??]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-r??j.

Noun

(classifier cây, cái) roi • (?, ????)

1. whip, rod

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, qu?) roi

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

   Synonym: m?n

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?i?/

Verb

roi

1. Soft mutation of rhoi.

Mutation