rais

See also: raís, raïs, Räis, and Rais

English

Noun

rais (plural raises)

  1. Alternative form of reis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rais in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

rais

  1. plural of rai

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

Noun

rais

  1. rice

French

Noun

rais m

  1. plural of rai

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese raiz. Cognates with Kabuverdianu raìs.

Noun

rais

  1. root

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈra.is/, [ˈr̺äis̪], /raˈis/, [r̺äˈis̪]
  • Stress: ràis, raìs
  • Hyphenation: ra‧is

Noun

rais m (invariable)

  1. (historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16th century]
  2. A leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
  3. (by extension, popular) A person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor

Synonyms

See also

Middle English

Verb

rais

  1. Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English rice.

Noun

rais

  1. rice

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz and Kabuverdianu raìs.

Noun

rais

  1. root

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

Noun

rais

  1. rice

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس‎ (raʾīs).

Noun

rais (ma class, plural marais)

  1. president (the head of state of a republic)

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rice.

Noun

rais

  1. rice
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