What does raie in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word raie in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use raie in French.

The word raie in French means stripe, ray, skate, parting, crack, bum crack, line, cry, roar, bell, scratch, draw lines on, cross out, cross off, strike out, strike through, remove from, scratch, roar, middle parting, centre parting, side parting, eel stripe, ray stripe, builder's bum, bum crack, straight parting, giant skate, manta, manta ray. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word raie

stripe

nom féminin (bande étroite)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est un tissu à grandes raies blanches.
It's a fabric with large white stripes.

ray

nom féminin (poisson) (fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je fais de la plongée parce que je voudrais voir des raies nager.
I'm going diving because I'd like to see the rays swimming about.

skate

nom féminin (viande de ce poisson) (fish: as food)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Claire a acheté de la raie pour le déjeuner.
Claire bought skate for lunch.

parting

nom féminin (cheveux : séparation) (UK: in hair)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ses cheveux bien coiffés sont séparés par une raie.
His well-styled hair is separated by a part.

crack, bum crack

nom féminin (Anatomie : sillon) (UK, informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'ouvrier transpirait tellement que la sueur coulait dans la raie des fesses.
The workman was perspiring so much that sweat was dripping down his butt crack.

line

nom féminin (ligne)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'enfant a tracé une raie sur la feuille de papier.
The child drew a line on a piece of paper.

cry, roar, bell

verbe intransitif (cerf : crier)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
À la tombée de la nuit, le cerf rait.

scratch

verbe transitif (érafler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Attention, cette éponge raye l'émail de l'évier.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. The child scuffed his new shoes kicking stones.

draw lines on

verbe transitif (faire des raies, des lignes)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Avec son crayon de couleur, l'enfant rayait les murs.
The child was drawing lines on the wall with a coloured pencil.

cross out, cross off, strike out, strike through

verbe transitif (barrer)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Le professeur raie les mauvaises réponses de l'exercice.
The teacher crosses out the wrong answers in the exercise.

remove from

(éliminer)

Marc a demandé à être rayé de la liste des candidats.
Marc asked to be removed from the list of candidates.

scratch

verbe pronominal (être susceptible d'être rayé)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Ce matériau se raye facilement.
This material is easily scratched.

roar

verbe intransitif (cri du cerf) (deer cry)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

middle parting, centre parting

nom féminin (coiffure) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Myriam est revenue de chez le coiffeur avec une raie au milieu.
Myriam came back from the hairdresser's with a centre parting.

side parting

nom féminin (type de coiffure) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Alexandra trouve que la raie au milieu va mieux à Sandrine.

eel stripe, ray stripe

nom féminin (marque de dos d'équidé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce cheval se reconnait à sa raie de mulet.

builder's bum, bum crack

nom féminin (sillon postérieur) (informal, UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je déteste les pantalons taille-basse qui laissent apparaître la raie des fesses.

straight parting

nom féminin (coiffure : raie linéaire) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

giant skate

nom féminin (poisson) (fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

manta, manta ray

nom féminin (race de raie) (fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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