raie
See also: râie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ/
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Etymology 1
From Old French roie, from a Vulgar Latin riga, probably from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”) (compare Old Irish rech).[1]
Noun
raie f (plural raies)
- (agriculture) ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)
- une raie de champ ― a field balk
- line
- J'ai fait une raie. ― I drew a line.
- tracer une raie au crayon, à la plume ― draw a line with a pencil, a quill
- scratch, mark
- cleft (between the buttocks)
- stripe
- marbre marqué de raies noires ― marble marked with black lines
- parting (in hair)
- porter la raie au milieu, de côté ― have one’s hair parted in the middle, on the side
Etymology 2
From Latin raia.
Noun
raie f (plural raies)
- (zoology) ray
Etymology 3
Inflected forms.
Verb
raie
- inflection of rayer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “raie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
raie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page *140-141
Anagrams
- aire
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.je/
- Rhymes: -aje
- Hyphenation: rà‧ie
Noun
raie f pl
- plural of raia
Anagrams
- -arie, -erai, -eria, -iera, aeri, aire, arie
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French roie, from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”).
Noun
raie f (plural raies)
- (Jersey, agriculture) furrow
Synonyms
- rande
Etymology 2
From Latin raia.
Noun
raie f (plural raies)
- (Jersey) skate, ray
Synonyms
- (ray): cârrée, fliée
Old French
Etymology
First attested circa 1155, from Latin raia.
Noun
raie f (oblique plural raies, nominative singular raie, nominative plural raies)
- ray (fish)
Descendants
- English ray
- French: raie
- Norman: raie (Jersey)
Portuguese
Verb
raie
- inflection of raiar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative