raie
French, noun/ʁɛ/
raie is spelled R-A-I-E (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raie is a French feminine noun meaning “ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of rayer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ligne tracée sur une surface”.
What does raie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land)
une raie de champ
- 2
feminineline
J'ai fait une raie.
- 3
femininescratch, mark
- 4
femininecleft (zone between the buttocks)
- 5
femininestripe
marbre marqué de raies noires
- 6
feminineparting (of hair)
porter la raie au milieu, de côté
noun
- 1
feminineray
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ligne tracée sur une surface. 2. Ligne plus longue que large, soit naturelle, comme sur la peau des animaux, sur les marbres, etc., soit artificielle, comme sur les étoffes. 3. Rayon, ligne. 4. Quelqu’une des lignes plus ou moins noires, ou plus ou moins brillantes, d'un spectre lumineux.
noun: 1. Une des espèces de poissons cartilagineux, de forme plate, sans vessie natatoire, ayant 5 à 7 paires de fentes branchiales ventrales, aux 2 yeux dorsaux. 2. Ce même poisson cuisiné pour l'alimentation ou la gastronomie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of raie
- raies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raie?
- /ʁɛ/
- \ʁɛ\
- [ʁɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raie in French?
raie appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).