Masculine

rais

Meaning

  1. (historical, invariable, masculine) captain (of a ship)
  2. (invariable, masculine) a leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
  3. (broadly, colloquial, invariable, masculine) a person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor

Concepts

Synonyms

raïs

reis

Translations

Rais

reis

Hyphenated as
ra‧ìs, (traditional) rà‧is
Pronounced as (IPA)
/raˈis/
Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

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