roy
French, noun\ʁwa\
roy is spelled R-O-Y (3 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roy is a French masculine noun meaning “archaic, formal spelling of roi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De 1694 à 1740 : Orthographe de l’Académie française de roi”.
What does roy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearchaic, formal spelling of roi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. De 1694 à 1740 : Orthographe de l’Académie française de roi. 2. Depuis 1740 : Orthographe archaïsante de roi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of roy
- roys plural
- rois plural
- roix plural
- royx plural
- royne feminine
- reyne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roy?
- \ʁwa\
- \ʁwɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is roy in French?
roy appears 25 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).