roy

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US /rɔɪ/ UK /rɔɪ/ See IPA manual

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noun
an archaic or dialectal word for a king

The old chronicle styled him roy of all the northern lands.

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1 noun · an archaic or dialectal... king monarch sovereign ruler

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Related forms royal regalrex

Etymology

From Old French roi, rei ('king'), from Latin rex (reg-) ('king'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵs ('ruler, king'), from *h₃reǵ- ('to straighten, rule').

roi Old French rex Latin

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# roy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɔɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /rɔɪ/

## Meanings
1. an archaic or dialectal word for a king

## Examples
- The old chronicle styled him roy of all the northern lands.

## Synonyms
- king
- monarch
- sovereign
- ruler

## Related Forms
- royal
- regal
- rex

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: roi
- Root: rex

## Etymology
From Old French roi, rei ('king'), from Latin rex (reg-) ('king'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵs ('ruler, king'), from *h₃reǵ- ('to straighten, rule').

## AI Etymology
Roy comes from Old French roi, rei ('king'), from Latin rex (reg-) ('king'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rēǵs ('ruler, king'), from *h₃reǵ- ('to straighten, rule'). The historical chain includes Old French roi and Latin rex. Older glosses in the chain include "king", "ruler, king", and "to straighten, rule", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, roy is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "an archaic or dialectal word for a king". related forms include royal, regal, and rex. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Communication
- Register & Style

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