relay

See also re-lay

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Middle English relai (“fresh team of dogs for a hunt”) (compare Middle English relaien (“to relay”)) from Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of Germanic origin--a conflation of Frankish *latjan (“to delay, hinder”) (from Proto-Germanic *latjanan (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *le(i)d- (“to leave, leave behind”)) and Frankish *laibjan (“to leave”) (from Proto-Germanic *laibijanan (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“to remain, continue”)). Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”) (from Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”)), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let, leave.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriːleɪ/
• Rhymes: -iːleɪ
• Homophones: re-lay

Noun

relay (plural relays)

1. (electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
2. (athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. Most common events are 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter competitions.

Translations

electrical actuator

Czech: relé (cs) n. Finnish: rele (fi) French: relais (fr) German: Relais (de) n. Hungarian: relé (hu) Icelandic: liði (is) m., rafliði (is) m. Italian: attuatore (it), ripetitore (it) m. Polish: przekaźnik (pl) m.

Portuguese: relé (pt) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: рѐле̄ј (sh) m. Roman: rèlēj (sh) m. Slovene: relé (sl) m. Swedish: relä (sv) n.

athletics discipline

Bulgarian: щафета (bg) (štafeta) f. Czech: štafeta (cs) f. Finnish: viesti (fi), viestijuoksu (fi) Icelandic: boðhlaup (is) n. Italian: staffetta (it) f. Norwegian: stafett (no) m. Polish: sztafeta (pl) f.

Portuguese: revezamento (pt) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: штафе́та (sh) f. Roman: štaféta (sh) f. Slovene: štaféta (sl) f. Swedish: stafett (sv) c.

Verb

relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relayed)

1. (transitive) To pass or transfer from one person to another, especially repeatedly through a series of persons.

Translations

to pass or transfer from one person to another, especially repeatedly through a series of persons

Czech: předat (cs) Finnish: välittää, kertoa eteenpäin French: transmettre (fr)

Italian: comunicare (it) Polish: przekazać (pl), przekazywać (pl)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ lay

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɻileɪ/
• Homophones: relay

Verb

relay (third-person singular simple present relays, present participle relaying, simple past and past participle relaid)

1. To lay again.

   He had to relay the tiles because the cement was too dry.

Translations

to lay again

Dutch: herleggen (nl) Esperanto: remeti (eo) French: remettre (fr)

Icelandic: endurleggja (is) Italian: ricollocare (it), rimettere (it) Spanish: reponer (es)

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