relais

See also: Relais

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French relais. See relay (noun).

Noun

relais (plural relais)

1. (military, historical) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to catch any earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “relais”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, resail, sailer, serail, serial

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French

Alternative forms

• relai (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French relaier (Modern French: relayer)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɛ/

Noun

relais m (plural relais)

1. A horse (or team of horses) that transported a rider or coach etc from one staging post to another
2. A hotel that is used as a stop on long journeys
3. (electronics) relay (electromechanical device)
4. (sports) relay race

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• éliras, Israël, lieras, liséra, relias, sérail, silera

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French relais.

Noun

relais m (uncountable)

1. relay (electrical)

Synonyms

• relè

Anagrams

• lisare
• liserà
• risale
• salire
• serali