relais

See also: Relais

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French relais. See relay (noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈleɪ/

Noun

relais (plural relais)

1. (military, historical) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to catch any earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.
   • 1803, Essays on the Theory and Practice of the Art of War:

     if the ground is level, the same person may transport the two cube toises to the distance of 15 toises, which in that case is the length of the relais, which makes him go over 10 leagues per day .

References

• “relais”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, resail, sailer, serail, serial

French

Alternative forms

• relai (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From Old French relaier (Modern French: relayer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɛ/

Noun

relais m (plural relais)

1. a horse (or team of horses) that transported a rider or coach etc from one staging post to another
2. a hotel that is used as a stop on long journeys
3. (electronics) relay (electromechanical device)
4. (sports) relay race

Derived terms

• passer le relais
• prendre le relais

Descendants

• → Crimean Tatar: rele
• → Czech: relé
• → Dutch: relais
  • → Indonesian: relai
• → English: relais
• → Esperanto: relajso
• → Galician: relé
• → Italian: relais, relè
• → Norwegian Bokmål: relé
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: relé
• → Portuguese: relé
• → Spanish: relé

Further reading

• “relais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• éliras, Israël, lieras, liséra, relias, sérail, silera

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French relais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈlɛ/^**, /reˈle/^**
• Rhymes: -ɛ, -e

Noun

relais m (invariable)

1. (electricity) relay

   Synonym: relè

Further reading

• relais in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Israèl, lisare, liserà, rasile, risale, salire, serali

Portuguese

Verb

relais

1. second-person plural present indicative of relar