raide

Probably raita +‎ -e, or alternatively (with the same suffix) derived from Proto-Norse (“a ride”).^[1] Compare Proto-Samic *rājδō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯deˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑide
• Hyphenation^(key): rai‧de

raide

1. track, railroad track
2. (rail transport) numbered track or platform at a railway station
3. (dialectal) track, groove, rut (left by a wheel, a skid of a sleigh, etc.)

• “raide”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• roide (archaic)

From Middle French roide, generalized from Old French roide f, inflected form of roit, reit, from Latin rigidus. Doublet of rigide.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛd/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: raid, raides, raids

raide (plural raides)

1. stiff, straight
2. steep, abrupt

   Antonym: doux

   une pente raide ― a steep slope

3. stubborn
4. (of alcohol) rough
5. (slang) broke
6. (slang) pissed, hammered; high, stoned

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

• aider, aride

From French raide (“stiff”).

raide

1. hard, stiff

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

From Old French reit, redde, early alteration of roide, from Latin rigidus.

• Audio:

  (file)

raide m or f

1. steep

• baithe raide (“to drink heavily”)

raide

1. very, rather

Borrowed from Northern Sami ráidu, from Proto-Samic *rājδō, a borrow from Proto-Germanic *raidō, whence also the native doublet of rei.

raide m (definite singular raiden, indefinite plural raidar, definite plural raidane)

1. a line of reindeer as they pull a sleigh

• “raide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.