different between raik vs rais

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?e?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k
• Homophone: rake

Etymology 1

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *r?k?, *rak?, *rak?, *rak? (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

Noun

raik (plural raiks) (Northern England, Scotland)

1. (also figuratively) A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:journey

2. The movement of animals while grazing.
3. The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
4. (Scotland) A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

Alternative forms

• rake

Verb

raik (third-person singular simple present raiks, present participle raiking, simple past and past participle raiked)

1. (intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To walk; to roam, to wander.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:walk

2. (intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
3. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To roam or wander through (somewhere).

Alternative forms

• rake

Etymology 2

See rake (noun) (etymology 4).

Noun

raik (plural raiks)

1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”)

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raki, rika

English

Noun

rais (plural raises)

1. Alternative form of reis

Anagrams

• RIAs, RISA, Risa, airs, aris, rias, sari, sira

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. Cognate with Kabuverdianu raìs.

Noun

rais

1. root

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (ra??s, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *ra?š- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.is/, [?r?äis?], /ra?is/, [r?ä?is?]
• Hyphenation: rà?is, ra?ìs

Noun

rais m (invariable)

1. (historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16^th 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: capo, padrone

Related terms

• ras

See also

• capo
• duce

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 ??????? (ra??s).

Pronunciation

Noun

rais (ma class, plural marais)

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

Derived terms

• urais

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English rice.

Noun

rais

1. rice