regiun

Old French

Alternative forms

• region, regioun, regïun (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regiōnem. Compare the inherited forms royon, reiun, rëon.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /reˈdʒjun/
• (late) IPA^(key): /reˈʒjun/

Noun

regiun oblique singular, f (oblique plural regiuns, nominative singular regiun, nominative plural regiuns)

1. region (geographical location)

Descendants

• Middle French: region
  • French: région
    • → Romanian: regiune
• → Middle English: regioun, region, regyoun, regyown, regyoyn, regyun, regyon, regyone, regeowne
  • English: region
  • Scots: region