Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Strahler
, 🇪🇸 rayo
, 🇮🇹 raggio
, 🇵🇹 raio
, 🇨🇳 射线
, 🇯🇵 放線
, 🇰🇷 선광
, 🇸🇦 إشعاع
, 🇮🇳 रश्मि
Usage Examples
- Le rai du soleil éclaire la fenêtre.
- Un rai de lumière traverse la pièce.
- Elle a dessiné un rai d'espoir sur le mur.
Etymology
**Etymology of French “rai” (noun)**
The word comes directly from Latin *radius* “ray, shaft, beam.” In Old French it appeared as *rai* (12th c.), retaining the same sense of a light ray. The form has survived unchanged into modern French, where the singular is *rai* and the plural is *raies*.
Synonyms
rayon
faisceau
lumière
lueur
éclat
rayonnement
luminance
Antonyms
obscurité
ténèbres
ombre
nuit
