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raie.

ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁɛ/
  1. ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)

    feminine
    une raie de champ
  2. line

    feminine
    J'ai fait une raie.
    tracer une raie au crayon, à la plume
  3. scratch, mark

    feminine
  4. cleft (zone between the buttocks)

    feminine
  5. stripe

    feminine
    marbre marqué de raies noires
  6. parting (of hair)

    feminine
    porter la raie au milieu, de côté
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱéh₂ Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā Gaulish *ricābor.? Vulgar Latin [Term?] Old French roie French raie Inherited from Old French roie, from Vulgar Latin [Term?], probably from Gaulish *ricā (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”, compare Old Irish rech).

noun/ʁɛ/
  1. ray

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin raia.

verb/ʁɛ/
  1. inflection of rayer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of rayer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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