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The French word for ray is
raie





ray

Gender

The gender of raie is feminine. E.g. la raie.

Plural

The plural of raie is raies.

French Definition


ray
     1. n. Rayon, rai.
     2. n. Bande, raie, rayure.
     3. n. (Poissons) Raie.



Translations for ray and their definitions

rayon
     1. n-m. ray, beam (of light, etc.) (datedef, from 1474)
     2. n-m. spoke (of wheel) (datedef, from 1538)
     3. n-m. (geometry) radius datedef, from 1639
     4. n-m. honeycomb (datedef, from 1538)
     5. n-m. shelf (for books, merchandise, etc.) (datedef, from 1429)
     6. n-m. department (of department store), section (of shop) (datedef, from 1841)
     7. n-m. (agriculture) row (for planting seeds in)


raie
     1. n-f. (agriculture) ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)
           une raie de champ - a field balk
     2. n-f. line
           J'ai fait une raie. - I drew a line.
           tracer une raie au crayon, à la plume - draw a line with a pencil, a quill
     3. n-f. scratch, mark
     4. n-f. cleft (between the buttocks)
     5. n-f. stripe
           marbre marqué de raies noires - marble marked with black lines
     6. n-f. parting (in hair)
           porter la raie au milieu, de côté - have one’s hair parted in the middle, on the side
     7. n-f. (fish) ray
     8. v. first-person singular present of rayer
     9. v. third-person singular present of rayer
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of rayer


demi-droite
     1. n-f. ray, half-line


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