rais
English
Noun
rais (plural raises)
- Alternative form of reis (“holder of military rank”)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rais in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- RIAs, RISA, Risa, airs, aris, rias, sari, sira
Catalan
Noun
rais
- plural of rai
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English rice.
Noun
rais
- rice
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
rais m
- plural of rai
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese raiz. Cognate with Kabuverdianu raìs.
Noun
rais
- root
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʾīs, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈis/, (traditional) /ˈra.is/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -is, (traditional) -ais
- Hyphenation: ra‧ìs, (traditional) rà‧is
Noun
rais m (invariable)
- (historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16th century]
- a leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
- (by extension, colloquial) a person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor
- Synonyms: capo, padrone
Related terms
- ras
See also
- capo
- duce
References
- rais in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- rais in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- arsi, rasi, risa, risà, sari
Middle English
Verb
rais
- Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English rice.
Noun
rais
- rice
Papiamentu
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Etymology
From Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz and Kabuverdianu raìs.
Noun
rais
- root
Pohnpeian
Etymology
Borrowed from English rice.
Noun
rais
- rice
Swahili
Alternative forms
- raisi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʾīs).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
rais (ma class, plural marais)
- president (the head of state of a republic)
- 2019 July 14, “Barua mpya iliyovuja yadai Trump amevunja mkataba wa nyukilia 'ili kumkera Obama'”, in BBC News Swahili:
- Gazeti la Mail on Sunday linaripoti kuwa Sir Kim alimwandikia Bw Johnson akimuelezea kuwa rais Trump kutoka chama cha Republican anavunja mkataba huo kwa sababu za "utashi binafsi" - kwa sababu makubaliano hayo yalifikiwa na mtangulizi wake kutoka chama cha Democrat, Barack Obama.
- Mail on Sunday reports that Sir Kim wrote to Mr Johnson explaining that President Trump from the Republican Party was breaking the agreement for "personality reasons" - because the agreement was reached by his predecessor from the Democratic Party, Barack Obama.
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Derived terms
- urais
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English rice.
Noun
rais
- rice
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʾīs).
Noun
rais (plural raislar)
- chairman