rais

See also: raís, raïs, Räis, and Rais

English

Noun

rais (plural raises)

1. Alternative form of reis

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• RIAs, RISA, Risa, airs, aris, rias, sari, sira

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Catalan

Noun

rais

1. plural of rai

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

Noun

rais

1. rice

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French

Noun

rais m

1. plural of rai

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese raiz. Cognates with Kabuverdianu raìs.

Noun

rais

1. root

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.is/, [ˈr̺äis̪], /raˈis/, [r̺äˈis̪]
• Hyphenation: rà‧is, ra‧ìs

Noun

rais m (uncountable)

1. (historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16^th century]
2. A leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
3. (by extension, popular) A person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor

Synonyms

• (boss): capo, padrone

Related terms

• ras

See also

• capo
• duce

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Middle English

Verb

rais

1. Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English rice.

Noun

rais

1. rice

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz and Kabuverdianu raìs.

Noun

rais

1. root

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Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

Noun

rais

1. rice

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs).

Noun

rais (ma class, plural marais)

1. 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^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• urais

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rice.

Noun

rais

1. rice