rouai
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rouai
- first-person singular past historic of rouer
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rouai m (plural rouais)
- (Jersey) king
- Lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit! ― The king is dead, long live the king!
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 517:
- Ch'tait du temps Rouai Jehan.
- It was in the time of King John.
- (Jersey) joist
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[edit]See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Norman · pièches d'échecs (layout · text) | |||||
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