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reaume

See also: Reaume

Middle English

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Noun

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reaume

  1. Alternative form of rewme

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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References

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  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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