relai

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.lɛ/
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Noun

relai m (plural relais)

  1. post-1990 spelling of relais

Anagrams

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Etymology 1

Internationalism, ultimately from French relais, from Old French relaier.

Pronunciation 1

Verb

relai

  1. to relay, to convey: to pass on or transfer.
    Synonym: sambung siar
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

rêlai (plural relai-relai, first-person possessive relaiku, second-person possessive relaimu, third-person possessive relainya)

  1. (electronics) relay: An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.
    Synonym: geganti (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay relai. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

rêlai (plural relai-relai, first-person possessive relaiku, second-person possessive relaimu, third-person possessive relainya)

  1. (zoology) pearl snail (Melo melo); pearl conch.
    Synonym: siput mutiara

Etymology 3

Inherited from Malay relai. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adjective

rêlai

  1. crumbled (of wood)
    Synonym: reput

References

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

relai

  1. second-person plural imperative of relar