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ray en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A beam of light or radiation.
   • I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
   • Strangely light and delicate was his frame and seeming, yet with a sense of slumbering power beneath, as the delicate peak of a snow mountain seen afar in the low red rays of morning. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5:
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.
   • All eyes direct their rays / On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
6. A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

Forms

Deriveds

lightray · raylet · number ray · raying room · raytraced · ray of hope · ray floret · ray gun · repulsor ray · ray grass · Becquerel ray · eigenray · ray tracer · extraordinary ray · god ray · starry ray · raylike · Becquerel calorific ray · cosmic ray · violet ray · cow-nosed ray · finray · catch some rays · distributed ray tracing · crepuscular ray · Lenard ray · superray · sunray · alpha ray · X-ray · Gurwitsch ray · beray · rayful · Blu-ray · sailray · ray of sunshine · ray tracing · mitogenetic ray · half-ray · ray marching · heat-ray · outray · anticrepuscular ray · ray casting · meridional ray · raycaster · hemiray · ray of light · calorific ray · rayproof · medullary ray · grocery shrink ray · rayless

Hyponyms

beta ray · N-ray · X-ray · grenz ray · delta ray · cathode ray · Roentgen-ray · T-ray · violet ray · gamma ray · death ray · green ray · light ray · shrink ray · derma ray

Translations (169)

ka შუქი (beam of light or radiation) · et kiir (beam of light or radiation) · vec rajo (beam of light or radiation) · uk про́мінь (beam of light or radiation) · hi रश्मि (beam of light or radiation) · fr rayon (beam of light or radiation) · pl promień (beam of light or radiation) · ur کرن (beam of light or radiation) · lb Stral (beam of light or radiation) · tr ışın (beam of light or radiation) · rup radzã (beam of light or radiation) · th รังสี (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · pl półprosta (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · ur شعاع (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · kmr tîroj (beam of light or radiation) · es rayo (beam of light or radiation) · ps شعاع (beam of light or radiation) · fa پرتو (beam of light or radiation) · te రేఖ (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · sv stråle (beam of light or radiation) · de Strahl (beam of light or radiation) · sc ragiu (beam of light or radiation) · ru луч (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · txb swāñco (beam of light or radiation) · et kiir (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · nl straal (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · my ခြည် (beam of light or radiation) · shi aẓnẓar (beam of light or radiation) · vi tia (beam of light or radiation) · ckb تشک (beam of light or radiation) · lo ແສງ (beam of light or radiation) · th แสง (beam of light or radiation) · ca semirecta (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · ug شولا (beam of light or radiation) · sq rreze (beam of light or radiation) · mi pūhihi (beam of light or radiation) · ro semidreaptă (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · it filo (beam of light or radiation) · ps څريکه (beam of light or radiation) · da stråle (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · eo radio (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · tr şua (beam of light or radiation) · pt raio (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · sh зрак (beam of light or radiation) · bg лъч (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · sh zrȁka (beam of light or radiation) · sh полуправац (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · pa ਕਿਰਨ (beam of light or radiation) · gl raio (beam of light or radiation) · it semiretta (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · uz nur (beam of light or radiation) · hy ճառագայթ (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · uz shula (beam of light or radiation) · mi hihi (beam of light or radiation) · lt spindulys (beam of light or radiation) · ro rază (beam of light or radiation) · fa نیمخط (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · fi ruoto (reinforcing in a fish's fin) · el ημιευθεία (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · sk lúč (beam of light or radiation) · id sinar (beam of light or radiation) · nb stråle (beam of light or radiation) · sw kianga (beam of light or radiation) · lv stars (beam of light or radiation) · sa रश्मि (beam of light or radiation) · sw mwale (beam of light or radiation) · mt raġġ (beam of light or radiation) · fr demi-droite (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · hu félegyenes (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · tl ligos (beam of light or radiation) · cy pelydr (beam of light or radiation) · eo radiuso (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · grc ἀκτίς (beam of light or radiation) · ca raig (beam of light or radiation) · sh zrȃk (beam of light or radiation) · fi säde (beam of light or radiation) · de Strahl (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · pl promień (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · hu sugár (beam of light or radiation) · fi säde (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · ga ga (beam of light or radiation) · km រស្មី (beam of light or radiation) · fi puolisuora (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · vi tia (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · ltg spaits (beam of light or radiation) · fa برازه (beam of light or radiation) · be праме́нь (beam of light or radiation) · kk нұр (beam of light or radiation) · te కిరణము (beam of light or radiation) · tl sinag (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · uk про́мінь (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · cmn 射線 /射线 (beam of light or radiation) · ky нур (beam of light or radiation) · mi wana (beam of light or radiation) · jv sorot (beam of light or radiation) · hi किरण (beam of light or radiation) · ru излуче́ние (beam of light or radiation) · wa rai (beam of light or radiation) · bg лъч (beam of light or radiation) · tg нур (beam of light or radiation) · pam simbul (beam of light or radiation) · sv stråle (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · wa rayeye (beam of light or radiation) · dlm rus (beam of light or radiation) · egy s-t:sti-w-t-N8 (beam of light or radiation) · tr hüzme (beam of light or radiation) · he קֶרֶן (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · my အလင်းတန်း (beam of light or radiation) · th รังสี (beam of light or radiation) · ps پلوشه (beam of light or radiation) · cs paprsek (beam of light or radiation) · eo raio (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · mi ihi (beam of light or radiation) · tk nur (beam of light or radiation) · ja 光線 (beam of light or radiation) · tr demet (beam of light or radiation) · it raggio (beam of light or radiation) · it raggio (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · is geisli (beam of light or radiation) · ko 광선 (beam of light or radiation) · sh зрака (beam of light or radiation) · fur rai (beam of light or radiation) · cmn 射线 (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · eo radio (beam of light or radiation) · az şüa (beam of light or radiation) · kk сәуле (beam of light or radiation) · bn রশ্মি (beam of light or radiation) · de Halbgerade (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · el ακτίνα (beam of light or radiation) · ang sċīma (beam of light or radiation) · my ရောင်ခြည် (beam of light or radiation) · hy ճաճանչ (beam of light or radiation) · fa فروغ (beam of light or radiation) · ru полупряма́я (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · cu лоуча (beam of light or radiation) · tg шуоъ (beam of light or radiation) · ru луч (beam of light or radiation) · yi שטראַל (beam of light or radiation) · bg шип (reinforcing in a fish's fin) · hy շող (beam of light or radiation) · hy ճառագայթ (beam of light or radiation) · rup aradzã (beam of light or radiation) · ms sinaran (beam of light or radiation) · cs polopřímka (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · eo radiuso (beam of light or radiation) · sk polpriamka (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · he קֶרֶן (beam of light or radiation) · cmn 光線 /光线 (beam of light or radiation) · lv stars (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · mk зрак (beam of light or radiation) · sl žarek (beam of light or radiation) · oc rai (beam of light or radiation) · fi piikki (reinforcing in a fish's fin) · ba нур (beam of light or radiation) · es semirrecta (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · mn туяа (beam of light or radiation) · pt raio (beam of light or radiation) · nn stråle (beam of light or radiation) · sh pȍlupravac (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · da stråle (beam of light or radiation) · tr ışın (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point) · eu izpi (beam of light or radiation) · la radius (beam of light or radiation) · ar شُعَاع (beam of light or radiation) · tk şöhle (beam of light or radiation) · ug نۇر (beam of light or radiation) · ky шоола (beam of light or radiation) · nl straal (beam of light or radiation) · orv лучь (beam of light or radiation)

ray en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
   • He was one of the unthanked benefactors of his race, who was patiently teaching and serving mankind, whilst they were shrinking from his coldness, or mocking his peculiarities. He could not sing for them a sweet song, or create a “thing of beauty” which should be “a joy for ever,” or touch their hearts, or fire their spirits, or deepen their reverence or their fervour. He was not a Poet, a Priest, or a Prophet, but only a cold, clear Intelligence, raying down pure white light, which brightened everything on which it fell, but warmed nothing—a Star of at least the second, if not of the first magnitude, in the Intellectual Firmament. 1851, George Wilson, The Life of the Hon. Henry Cavendish, page 186:
   • I had no particular woman in my mind; certainly never intended to personify wisdom, philosophy, or any other abstraction; and the orb, raying colour out of whiteness, was altogether a fancy of my own. 1889, Robert Browning, letter to Dr. Furnivall:
2. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
3. (transitive) To expose to radiation.
   • Rats' eyes with ulcus serpens were successfully treated; one second of raying stopped the progress of the ulcer, which healed uninterruptedly. 1928, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, page 219:

Forms

Translations (12)

bg излъчвам (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · cs vyzařovat (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · eo raii (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · sh zráčiti (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · tr ışımak (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · mi whakawanawana (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · et kiirgama (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · et kiiritama (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · ms bersinar (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · ms menyinar (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · ms sinar (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays) · cs zářit (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

ray en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English raye, rayȝe, from Old French raie, from Latin raia, of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English reyhhe, reihe, reȝge (“ray, skate”), from Old English reohhe (“ray”).

Meanings

1. Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

Forms

Deriveds

bat ray · butterfly ray · eagle ray · Haller's round ray · manta ray · shagreen ray · electric ray · ray-finned · cownose ray · shark ray · spinal butterfly ray · devil ray · spotted eagle ray · stingray

Translations (81)

ja 鱝 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · it razza (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · dv މަޑި (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · el νάρκη (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · vi cá đuối (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · jv pe (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ga roc (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ms pari (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · el σαλάχι (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · pl płaszczka (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cy morgath (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ml തിരണ്ടി (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ka სკაროსი (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · de Rochen (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ja 鱏 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cmn 魟魚 /𫚉鱼 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · uk скат (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · tr vatoz (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · is skata (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cy cath fôr (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · th กระเบน (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nrf cârrée (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · tsg pagi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · uli faaey (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ceb pagi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · id pari (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nn rokke (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · yue 魔鬼魚 /魔鬼鱼 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · bg скат (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ast raya (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cmn 鰩 /鳐 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · sh raža (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · pt arraia (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · te టెంకి (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · xal шувтру (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nrf fliée (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ar شِفْنِين بَحْرِيّ (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ar شِفْنِين (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · la raia (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · pt raia (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · wo umbulaan wi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ru скат (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · fi rausku (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cs rejnok (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · hu rája (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ko 홍어 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ko 가오리 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · kl tarraleqisaaq (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · sk raja (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nrf raie (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · eu arraia (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · mk ража (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ota طرپانه (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · hy կատվաձուկ (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · pam pagi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · eo rajo (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nl rog (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · es raya (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · be скат (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · da rokke (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ja エイ (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · grc βατίς (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ca rajada (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · el μουδιάστρα (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · akl pagi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · kl allernaq (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ota كدی بالغی (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · et rai (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · fr raie (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · tl pagi (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · my လိပ်ကျောက် (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · lv raja (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · kn ತೊರಕೆ (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · sh ража (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · cmn 鱝 /鲼 (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · ta திருக்கை (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · mi whai (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · dsb rochon (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · min pari (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · sv rocka (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) · nb rokke (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

ray en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Shortened from array.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
   • spoyling all her geares and goodly ray 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 50:

ray en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Shortened from array.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To arrange.
2. (archaic) To dress, array (someone).
3. (obsolete) To stain or soil; to defile.
   • From his soft eyes the teares he wypt away, / And from his face the filth that did it ray […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

ray en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From its sound, by analogy with the letters chay, jay, gay, kay, which it resembles graphically.

Meanings

1. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.

Forms

Relateds

in Latin and the name of the other Pitman r · ar

ray en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• rā (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹeɪ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Alternative forms.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of re.
   alt of re

Forms

Relateds

ray-woon