raze

English

WOTD – 8 January 2016

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪz/; enPR: rāz

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• Homophones: raise, rase, rays
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology 1

From Old French raser.

Verb

raze ‎(third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)

1. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.

   raze Syracuse to the ground‎

2. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:destroy

Translations

to demolish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拆毀 (zh), 拆毁 (zh) ‎(chāihuǐ), 夷為平地 (zh), 夷为平地 (zh) ‎(yíwéipíngdì)

• Danish: rasere
• Finnish: tuhota/hävittää maan tasalle
• Icelandic: rífa niður, leggja í rúst, jafna við jörðu
• Ido: rezigar (io)

• Italian: abbattere (it), demolire (it)
• Polish: zburzyć
• Portuguese: demolir (pt), arrasar (pt), aniquilar (pt)
• Russian: разрушать до основания ‎(razrušatʹ do osnovanija)
• Serbo-Croatian: sravniti (sh)

to scrape as if with a razor

• Italian: radere al suolo
• Portuguese: raspar (pt)

• Russian: выскабливать (ru) ‎(vyskablivatʹ), выскребать (ru) ‎(vyskrebatʹ)
• Spanish: rasurar (es)

Etymology 2

Noun

raze

1. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Anagrams

• Ezra

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Dutch

Verb

raze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of razen

Anagrams

• Ezra

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Friulian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly of South Slavic origin. Compare Slovene raca, Romanian rață.

Noun

raze f ‎(plural razis)

1. duck

Etymology 2

Compare Italian razza.

Noun

raze f ‎(plural razis)

1. race
2. breed
3. strain