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Webster 1913 Edition

Ra

Ra

(rä)
,
Noun.
A roe; a deer.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ra

RA

, as an inseparable prefix or preposition, is the Latin re, coming to us through the Italian and French, and primarily signifying again, repetition. [See Re.]

Definition 2024

Ra

Ra

See also: ra, RA, -ra, rá, rã, Rā, rá-, and Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Translingual

Symbol

Ra

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for radium.

English

Proper noun

Ra

  1. (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the sun.
Derived terms
  • Amun-Ra
  • Ra-Horakhty
  • Raet-Tawy
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Ra ‎(plural Ras)

  1. (geology) Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.

Anagrams

ra

ra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Albanian

Verb

ra ‎(first-person singular past tense rashë, participle rënë)

  1. he fell
  2. he struck
Related terms

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə̆ɾaḁ/

Noun

ra

  1. bone

Chuukese

Pronoun

ra

  1. they
  2. they are

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin rēx, regem.

Noun

ra m

  1. king

Egyptian

Romanization

ra

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of rˤ.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin rana.

Noun

ra f ‎(plural ras)

  1. frog

Japanese

Romanization

ra

  1. rōmaji reading of ら
  2. rōmaji reading of ラ

Lojban

Cmavo

ra

  1. (pro-sumti) a fairly recent sumti (but not the most recent one)

Related terms

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq (compare Hiligaynon dugo, Ilocano dara, Indonesian darah, Malay darah, Maori tuto, Nauruan ara, Rapa Nui tuto, Tagalog dugo, Tahitian tuto, West Coast Bajau darag ‎(“red”)).

Noun

ra

  1. blood

Maltese

Verb

ra (imperfect jara, past participle muri)

  1. see

Conjugation

Nyunga

Noun

ra

  1. clear plain

References

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese 𦋦 ‎(ra).

Verb

ra ‎(𦋦)

  1. to go out, to leave
  2. to go northwards in Vietnam
Usage notes
  • Sometimes the verb đi ("to go") is used for emphasis when appended to ra, forming đi ra to mean "go even further out". However, this usage may vary from dialect to dialect.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • cửa ra vào
  • tìm ra

Etymology 2

From French drap

Noun

(classifier tấm) ra

  1. bed sheet

Winnebago

Article

ra

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

The article follows the noun it modifies.

References

  • John E. Koontz, Winnebago, in The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, page 317

Yapese

Verb

ra

  1. (auxiliary) will; forms the future tense

Etymology

Transcription of Egyptian rˤ

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