royne

See also: roÿne

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French royne, reïne.

Noun

royne f (plural roynes)

1. queen

Descendants

• French: reine

Norman

Alternative forms

• ranne (continental Normandy)
• reine (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French royne, reine, from Latin rēgīna.

Noun

royne f (plural roynes)

1. (Guernsey) queen

Old French

Alternative forms

• raine, raïne
• reine, reïne
• roigne
• roine, roïne
• roÿne (diaereses are not universally used in scholarly transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin rēgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roi̯ˈi.nə/, /ˈroi̯.nə/

Noun

royne oblique singular, f (oblique plural roynes, nominative singular royne, nominative plural roynes)

1. queen (female monarch)

Descendants

• French: reine
• Norman: royne, ranne, reine
• Walloon: royinne
• → Old East Slavic: ръ́ина (rŭ́ina)