rai

English

Etymology 1

Yapese

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. stone money

Derived terms

• rai stone

Etymology 2

Noun

rai (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”)

Etymology 3

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).

Anagrams

• 'air, ARI, Ari, IAR, IRA, Ira, RIA, air, ria

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

Noun

rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)

1. reed

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. raft

Derived terms

• raier

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Interjection

rai

1. that's of no importance
2. tu rai!, don't worry!
3. això rai!, no problem!

Usage notes

• It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

Further reading

• “rai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Fijian

Noun

rai

1. sight

Verb

rai

1. to see

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/
• Homophones: raie, rets

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)

   Synonym: rayon

2. spoke (of wheel)

Derived terms

• rayon

Related terms

• radiation
• radieux
• irradier

Further reading

• “rai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• air, ira

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam
2. spoke
3. radius

Hausa

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽâi/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

râi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)

1. life
2. spirit, mind
3. hope, salvation
4. prosperity

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: rài

Noun

rai m pl (plural only)

1. (literary) rays
2. (literary, figurative) looks
3. (literary, figurative) eyes

Further reading

• rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Anagrams

• -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià

Japanese

Romanization

rai

1. Rōmaji transcription of らい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ライ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦫꦲꦶ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.

Noun

rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

1. face

   Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kavalan

Noun

rai

1. mussel

Malay

Noun

rai

1. rye

Maori

Noun

rai

1. rye

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

Old French

Etymology

From Latin rādius.

Noun

rai oblique singular, m (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)

1. beam; ray (of light)
   • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan de Berne”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 314, line 202:

     li rais sor sa face luisoit

     the ray was shining on his face

Descendants

• Bourguignon: rai
• → English: ray
• French: rai
• Norman: rai

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

rai n (plural raiuri)

1. eden
2. paradise

Declension

See also

• paradis, cer

Romansch

Alternative forms

• retg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• rètg (Surmiran)
• raig (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Vallader) king

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrai/
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: rai

Noun

rai m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) ride, lift

   Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche

   No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai.

   Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.

Further reading

• “rai”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

rai (n class, plural rai)

1. opinion, view

Tetum

Etymology

From *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.

Noun

rai

1. earth
2. land

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).

Noun

rai

1. paradise, heaven

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “рай”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rai̯/

Determiner

rai

1. Soft mutation of rhai.

Mutation