Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roil

/ˈɹɔɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: roil
IPA: /ˈɹɔɪl/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

Transitive verb

verb

To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.

Transitive verb

verb

To bubble, seethe.

Intransitive verb

verb

To romp or tumble.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles"
"to roil a spring"
"dust storms roiling the skies"
"[of St Leonards in East Sussex in 1947] A sort of roiling mist seemed year-round to hold the town in its grip."
"That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly."
"[…] and amid Musk’s sale of 10% of his Tesla stock, a process that roiled markets, cost him billions and should produce enough tax revenue to fund the Commerce Department for a year."

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -, rouiller, rouil, *robicula, robigo

Usage

Inflected Forms

roils (present, singular) roiling (participle, present) roiled (participle, past) roiled (past)

Derived Forms

roiler roilsome roily unroiled

Synonyms

agitate inturbidate stir stir up irritate rile rile up aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle

Homonyms

royal (certain accents)

Rhymes With

oil soil boil spoil foil doyle coil boyle recoil toil coyle hoyle

Questions

How do you pronounce roil?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɔɪl/.
What does roil mean?: To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
Where does roil come from?: It is traced to French.

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