reaume

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Middle English

Noun

reaume

  1. Alternative form of rewme

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From real (“regal, royal”), from Latin regalis. According to another theory, from an alteration of reiame, from Latin regimen (genitive regiminis).[1][2] Compare Old Occitan regeme, reialme.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /rei̯ˈjau̯mə/

Noun

reaume oblique singular, m (oblique plural reaumes, nominative singular reaumes, nominative plural reaume)

  1. kingdom
    • c. 1176, Christian of Troyes (translated by Laurence Harf-Lancner), Cligès, →ISBN, page 140:
      Ferai de vos roi coroné
      del meillor reaume de Gales.
      I will make of you a king
      of the best kingdom of Wales

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN
  2. ^ Etymology and history of “royaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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