rayon

English

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rayon

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪɒn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪɒn

Etymology 1

From French rayon.

Noun

rayon (countable and uncountable, plural rayons)

1. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

rayon (plural rayons)

1. Alternative spelling of raion

Etymology 3

Noun

rayon (plural rayons)

1. (obsolete) A ray or beam.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Visions of Bellay”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. , London: William Ponsonbie, , →OCLC:

     But shining christall, which from top to base
     Out of her womb a thousand rayons threw

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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Noun

rayon (definite accusative rayonu, plural rayonlar)

1. district, rayon (second level subdivision unit ex-USSR countries).

Declension

Crimean Tatar

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Please come along and share your opinions on this and the other topics being discussed there. The user who started this topic summarised the issue as: “The forms “rayondır”, “rayonındaki”, and “rayonlar” occur in the Vikipediya (Crimean Tatar Wikipedia) article for Canköy rayonı (Dzhankoi Raion), none of which occur in the declension table. Whilst “rayondır” and “rayonındaki” may feature possessive suffixes, “rayonlar” is a clear nominative plural, yet the table lacks plural forms for this obviously countable noun.”

Noun

rayon

1. region, rayon (second level subdivision unit in Ukraine, Russia and other ex-USSR countries).

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French rayon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːˈjɔn/, /rɛˈjɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧y‧on

Noun

rayon n (plural rayons, diminutive rayonnetje n)

1. region, regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a city or local government, of the area of operation of a business)

Derived terms

• rayonhoofd
• rayonkartel

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rayon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/, /ʁe.jɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

From rai +‎ -on. Unrelated to rayer.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. ray, beam (of light, etc.)
2. spoke (of wheel)
3. (geometry) radius

Derived terms

Related terms

• rayonnement

Descendants

• → Russian: райо́н (rajón), раіо́нъ (raión)
  • → English: raion
  • → Ingrian: raijona, rajona
  • → Romanian: raion
  • → Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
  • → Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French royon, rayon, derived from Old French raie (“honeycomb”), ree (“id.”), from Frankish *hrātu (“honeycomb”). The "honeycomb" meaning is original, but the "shelf" meaning coincidentally happens to be attested earlier.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. honeycomb
2. shelf (for books, merchandise, etc.)
   • 2021 April 24, “La Corée du Nord rouvre sa frontière avec la Chine [North Korea reopens its border with China]”, in Le Monde‎:

     Les importations de ces dernières semaines sont principalement des engrais, afin d’éviter un nouveau recul de la production agricole. Mais réapparaissent aussi, dans des magasins de Pyongyang, des produits non essentiels (chocolat, fruits séchés, etc.), qui avaient disparu des rayons.

     Imports in recent weeks are primarily fertilizers, in order to prevent a further decline in agricultural production. But non-essential products (chocolate, dried fruits, etc.), which had disappeared from the shelves, are also reappearing in the shops of Pyongyang.

3. department (of department store), section (of shop)

Derived terms

Descendants

• → German: Rayon
• → Polish: rejon
• → Turkish: reyon

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old French roion, reun, roïon, etc. By surface analysis, raie +‎ -on.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (agriculture) row (for planting seeds in)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch rayon, from French rayon
  • from Old French ree, from Frankish *hrātu (“honeycomb”).
• Sense raion is a semantic loan from Russian райо́н (rajón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ra‧yon

Noun

rayon (plural rayon-rayon, first-person possessive rayonku, second-person possessive rayonmu, third-person possessive rayonnya)

1. region, regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a school enrollment, of the area of operation of a business)
2. raion: an administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.

Affixed terms

Noun

rayon (plural rayon-rayon, first-person possessive rayonku, second-person possessive rayonmu, third-person possessive rayonnya)

1. rayon: a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Further reading

• “rayon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)
2. spoke (of wheel)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English rayon.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (Jersey) rayon