vive le roi

[ veev luh rwa ]

French.

1. Long live the king!

Example Sentences

“Vive le roi!” the crowd chanted as he climbed out of his pristine white Land Rover, emblazoned on the side with “ROYAUME DU MAROC.”

From The New Yorker

Vive le roi “You can always tell when the king is here.”

From Economist

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father, the mad and tragic Charles VI, in 1422.

From Salon

The soldier expiring on the battlefield cried "Vive le roi!" and vessels have gone down at sea with the entire crew shouting the same words; for "Vive le roi!" was, in their minds, equivalent to "Vive la France!"

From Project Gutenberg

When the king comes to Paris, everybody calls out, 'Vive le Roi!' because some idle fellow begins, or because some policeman has given the signal from the midst of the crowd, but it is really a cry which has no importance, a cry given out of cheerfulness, sometimes out of fear, and which the king himself does not accept as gospel.

From Project Gutenberg