rayer in French dictionary

  • rayer

    Meanings and definitions of "rayer"

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    Synonyms of "rayer" in French dictionary

    égratigner, radier, écorcher are the top synonyms of "rayer" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rayer

    • (Verb) This verb is in a group of -er verbs, which all end in -ayer. Verbs ending in -oyer and -uyer are conjugated slightly differently. This verb either keeps the ‘y’ everywhere, or replaces it with ‘i’ in front of -e, -es and -ent.    Conjugation of rayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive rayer avoir rayé
      gerund en rayant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
      present participle rayant
      past participle rayé
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present raye or raie rayes or raies raye or raie rayons rayez rayent or raient
      imperfect rayais rayais rayait rayions rayiez rayaient
      past historic1 rayai rayas raya rayâmes rayâtes rayèrent
      future rayerai or raierai rayeras or raieras rayera or raierai rayerons or raierons rayerez or raierez rayeront or raieront
      conditional rayerais or raierais rayerais or raierais rayerait or raierait rayerions or raierions rayeriez or raieriez rayeraient or raieraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present raye or raie rayes or raies raye or raie rayions rayiez rayent or raient
      imperfect1 rayasse rayasses rayât rayassions rayassiez rayassent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — raye or raie — rayons rayez —
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    • This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the of its stem may optionally be written as when it precedes a silent (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference). Conjugation of rayer
      simple compound
      infinitive rayer avoir rayé
      gerund en rayant en ayant rayé
      present participle rayant
      /ʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɑ̃/
      past participle rayé
      /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present raye or raie
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		rayes or raies
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		raye or raie
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		rayons
      /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/       		rayez
      /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/       		rayent or raient
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/
      imperfect rayais
      /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/       		rayais
      /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/       		rayait
      /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/       		rayions
      /ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁej.jɔ̃/       		rayiez
      /ʁɛj.je/ or /ʁej.je/       		rayaient
      /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/
      past historic1 rayai
      /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/       		rayas
      /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/       		raya
      /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/       		rayâmes
      /ʁɛ.jam/ or /ʁe.jam/       		rayâtes
      /ʁɛ.jat/ or /ʁe.jat/       		rayèrent
      /ʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁe.jɛʁ/
      future rayerai or raierai
      /ʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɛ.ʁe/       		rayeras or raieras
      /ʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɛ.ʁa/       		rayera or raiera
      /ʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɛ.ʁa/       		rayerons or raierons
      /ʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/       		rayerez or raierez
      /ʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɛ.ʁe/       		rayeront or raieront
      /ʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional rayerais or raierais
      /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/       		rayerais or raierais
      /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/       		rayerait or raierait
      /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/       		rayerions or raierions
      /ʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/       		rayeriez or raieriez
      /ʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁɛ.ʁje/       		rayeraient or raieraient
      /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present raye or raie
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		rayes or raies
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		raye or raie
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		rayions
      /ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁej.jɔ̃/       		rayiez
      /ʁɛj.je/ or /ʁej.je/       		rayent or raient
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/
      imperfect1 rayasse
      /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/       		rayasses
      /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/       		rayât
      /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/       		rayassions
      /ʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/       		rayassiez
      /ʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁe.ja.sje/       		rayassent
      /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — raye or raie
      /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/       		— rayons
      /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/       		rayez
      /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/       		—
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