raie

See also: râie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French roie, from a Vulgar Latin riga, probably from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”) (compare Old Irish rech).

Noun

raie f (plural raies)

1. (agriculture) ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)

   une raie de champ ― a field balk

2. 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

3. scratch, mark
4. cleft (between the buttocks)
5. stripe

   marbre marqué de raies noires ― marble marked with black lines

6. parting (in hair)

   porter la raie au milieu, de côté ― have one’s hair parted in the middle, on the side

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin raia.

Noun

raie f (plural raies)

1. (ichthyology) ray

Derived terms

• grande raie
• raie baveuse
• raie-capucin

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

raie

1. inflection of rayer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

Anagrams

• aire

Galician

Verb

raie

1. inflection of raiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.je/
• Rhymes: -aje
• Hyphenation: rà‧ie

Noun

raie f pl

1. 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)

1. (Jersey, agriculture) furrow

Synonyms

• rande

Etymology 2

From Latin raia.

Noun

raie f (plural raies)

1. (Jersey) skate, ray

Synonyms

• (ray): cârrée, fliée

Old French

Etymology

First attested circa 1155, from Latin raia.

Noun

raie oblique singular, f (oblique plural raies, nominative singular raie, nominative plural raies)

1. ray (fish)

Descendants

• English ray
• French: raie
• Norman: raie (Jersey)

Portuguese

Verb

raie

1. inflection of raiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative