relay

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (rare) A new set of hounds.
2. (historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
3. (broadly) A new set of anything.
4. A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
5. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
6. A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
7. An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

Verb

1. (transitive) To pass on or transfer (information).
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To release a new set of hounds.
3. (archaic, transitive) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.

Verb

Alternative spelling of re-lay.

Concepts

relais

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relai

transmettre

relayer

retourner

repousser

renvoyer

rejeter

retransmettre

retransmission

télédiffusion

réémetteur

relais électromécanique

remettre

remplacement

remplacer

course de relais

radiodiffusion

relève

répéteur

Synonymes

broadcast

resend

transmit

dismiss

relay race

send back

disallow

shun

disavow

repulse

spurn

refuse

decline

withhold

transmission

chase away

change

drive away

expel

reject

repel

pass on

disapprove

turn

disapprove of

tool

disagree

chase

shift

throw away

look askance at

repress

hook up

replace

repeating

emboss

electrical relay

dump

condemn

refute

convey

dispose

rebuke

rebut

hook-up

replacement

discard

rebroadcast

relief

send on

Traductions

Relais

heruitzenden

relé

Staffellauf

zurücksenden

retourneren

terugbezorgen

terugwijzen

devolver

terugsturen

relé

rinviare

Staffel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹiːleɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh”); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (“to leave behind”), from re- + laier (“to leave”), of uncertain origin.