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”) (compare Old Irish rech).

Noun

raie f (plural raies)

1. (agriculture) furrow
2. line

   J’ai fait une raie.

   I drew a line.

3. scratch, mark
4. cleft (between the buttocks)
5. stripe
6. parting (in hair)

Etymology 2

From Latin raia.

Noun

raie f (plural raies)

1. ray (fish)

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

raie

1. first-person singular present indicative of rayer
2. third-person singular present indicative of rayer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rayer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rayer
5. second-person singular imperative of rayer

Anagrams

• aire

Further reading

• “raie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

raie f pl

1. plural of raia

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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

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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)

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Portuguese

Verb

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