roy
/ˈɹoɪ̯/
roy noun: a king.
Noun (1)
roy (plural roys)
- A king.
Adjective
roy
- Royal.
- For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.1614–1615, Homer, “The Fifth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...
Proper noun capitalized: Roy
Roy (countable and uncountable, plural Roys)
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them."
"Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?"
"Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..."
"At...2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 173 - On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN
- - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them."
- A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- A surname from Old French.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A surname from Bengali.
- An unincorporated community in Power County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana.
- A village in Harding County, New Mexico.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
- A city in Weber County, Utah.
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- A minor city in Pierce County, Washington.
- A ghost town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- A river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland.
Noun (2) capitalized: ROY
ROY (uncountable)
- Initialism of run of year.
roy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
roy in Hindi
- रॉय
roy in Tamil
- ராய், ரோய்
roy in Marathi
- रॉय
roy in Urdu
- راۓ
More languagesFewer languages
- roy in Bengali
- রয়
- roy in Telugu
- రాయ్, రోయ్
- roy in Malayalam
- റോയ്, റോയി
- roy in Kannada
- ರಾಯ್
- roy in Punjabi
- ਰੌਏ, ਰੌਇ
- roy in Gujarati
- રોય
- roy in Odia
- ରଯ଼
- roy in Nepali
- रोय, रॉय
Forms of roy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | roys |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Roys |
Origin of roy
From Middle English roy, roye, borrowed from Old French roi (“king”). Doublet of rajah, Rex, rex, and rich.
From various sources: * Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. * Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. * Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname). Doublet of Rai, rex, and rajah.
Words formed from roy
Phrases with roy
Words that rhyme with roy
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- joy
- alloy
- Amoy
- cloy
- convoy
- deploy
- goy
- oi
- overjoy
- ploy
- travois
- ahoy
- annoy
- catboy
- Choi
- foxboy
- foy
- Hanoi
- hoi polloi
- kathoey
- poi
- Saint Croix
- soy
- Sukhoi
- accoy
- bok choy
- cocky's joy
- diaperboy
- doy
- Floy
- hoi
- hoo, boy
- hoy
- killjoy
- Kilroy
- koi
- loy
- man and boy
- noy
- oe
- oy
- pick-me boy
- ploye
- po' boy
- puppyboy
- Savoie
- stroy
- sugoi
Questions about roy
- What does roy mean?
- Roy means a king.
- What is roy in Hindi?
- Roy in Hindi is रॉय. See Roy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roy?
- Roy can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce roy?
- Roy is pronounced /ˈɹoɪ̯/.
- What is the plural of roy?
- The plural of roy is roys.
Words near roy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roy (page history and authors); Roy (page history and authors); ROY (page history and authors); roy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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