different between raim vs rais

English

Verb

raim (third-person singular simple present raims, present participle raiming, simple past and past participle raimed)

1. Alternative form of rame

Anagrams

• Amir, Irma, Mair, Mari, Mira, RIMA, amir, mair, rami, rima

Dalmatian

Etymology

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Noun

raim

1. oar

References

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Middle English

Noun

raim

1. Alternative form of raymen

Old French

Alternative forms

• rain, ram, reim, rein

Etymology

From Latin r?mus.

Noun

raim m (oblique plural rains, nominative singular rains, nominative plural raim)

1. branch (of a tree, etc.)

Related terms

• ramel

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rain)
• raim on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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