/reɪ/
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Translation
A narrow line of light or heat that comes from something bright.
Word origin
From Old French rai, from Latin radius, meaning a spoke or a beam.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- rai
- English cognates
- radius, radio
Grammar
Gender
Pluralrays
Examples
sunlight .
"A ray of" light is one narrow line of it.
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"Rays" is the plural of "ray".
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"A ray of hope" is a small sign that things may get better.
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