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English

Etymology 1
Image:Crepuscular_rays_with_clouds_and_high_contrast_fg_FL.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rays from the [[sun (1)]]
Via Middle English and Old French from Latin radius

Noun
en-noun

1. A beam of light or radiation.

#: I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

1. a marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
2. Mathematics a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
3. colloquial a tiny amount.

#: Unfortunately he didn't have a ray of hope.

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Derived terms
death ray
gamma ray
manta ray
ray gun
stingray
X-ray

Latvian: t-|lv|stars|m|xs=Latvian
Portuguese: t+|pt|raio|m
Romanian: t-|ro|raz�|f
Russian: � (lu�) m
Spanish: t+|es|rayo|m
Swedish: stråle c
Telugu: t|te|�ిరణమ�|sc=Telu(kiraNamu)
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trans-top|a marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail
Catalan: rajada
Dutch: t+|nl|rog|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|rajo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|rausku
French: t+|fr|raie|f
German: t+|de|Rochen|m
Greek: �αλά�ι (salakhe) n, νά�κη (narke) f, μο�διά���α (mudiastra) f
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Latvian: t-|lv|raja|f|xs=Latvian
Polish: p�aszczka f
Russian: t+|ru|�ка�|m|trskat|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|raya
Swedish: rocka c
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trans-top|(Mathematics) a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point
Dutch: t-|nl|straal|f
Esperanto: radio, radiuso
German: t+|de|Strahl|m
Greek: ακ�ίνα (aktina) (f}}
Hebrew: קר� (qeren) f
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Latvian: t-|lv|stars|m|xs=Latvian
Polish: promie� m
Russian: � (lu�) m
Swedish: stråle c
Telugu: ర�� (raekha)
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trans-top|(colloquial) a tiny amount
Catalan: raig: un raig d�esperança
Dutch: straaltje n
Finnish: rahtunen
German: Hoffnungsstrahl m (ray of hope) (4)
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Swedish: stråle c
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Italian: raggio m
ttbc|Polish: promie� m
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See also
w:Ray|Wikipedia article on rays (mathematics)
w:Ray (fish)|Wikipedia article on rays (fish)

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To emit something as if in rays.
2. intransitive To radiate as if in rays

Etymology 2

Noun
ray

1. music An anglicised spelling of re.

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Kurdish

Etymology
From Arabic

Noun
ray

1. opinion

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Turkish

Etymology
From French rail

Noun
ray

1. rail

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• 2007-12-20 06:41 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for hu, pt, fr, de, ru

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