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ray

/ˈɹeɪ/RAY
/ˈɹeɪ/RAY

Meaninga spoke of light

Common meaning: a beam of light

Journey through time

  1. Latinradius‘a rod, spoke’
  2. Middle Englishraysource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa rod, spoke → a beam of lightray‘a beam of light’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin radius ‘a rod, spoke; a ray’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry radius, p. 1521 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RAY, p. 493 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • radius Latin “a rod, spoke; a ray”

Related words

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