ray

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A beam of light or radiation.
2. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
3. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
4. A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
5. (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
6. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

Verb

1. (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
2. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
3. (transitive) To expose to radiation.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To arrange.
2. (archaic) To dress, array (someone).
3. (obsolete) To stain or soil; to defile.

Concepts

rayon

raie

ré

éclair

lueur

demi-droite

rai

rayure

age

irradiation

irradier

mante

Ray

rayon sismique

trajectoire sismique

trajectoire du rayon

éclat lumineux

auréole

ray of light

bande

faisceau

lumière

poutre

radio

📻

rayonner

splendeur

Synonymes

beam

light

skate

irradiate

stingray

ray of light

beam of light

gleam

stripe

radius

radiate

strip

shaft

lightning

brightness

irradiation

fish

🐟

spoke

flash

manta ray

re

light beam

shaft of light

lustre

electron beam

half-line

shine

eagle ray

line

scintillate

scratch

semidiameter

shower

🚿

shower bath

showerhead

spark

splendour

spray

streak

stream

sunlight

sunshine

thread

🧵

vector

visible light

wire

emit light

gleam of hope

one road

rays of the sun

Traductions

Strahl

rayo

raggio

raya

straal

Rochen

razza

raio

ışın

rog

ακτίνα

lampo

σαλάχι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹeɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -

Hérité de moyen anglais: raye

Appartenant à moyen anglais: reyhhe

Appartenant à ancien anglais: reohhe

In summary

Via Middle English, borrowed from Old French rai, from Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”). Doublet of radius.