Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
Source: tatoeba (2008)
Ray
//ɹeɪ//
Synonyms for "ray" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
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1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
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Translations
274 translations across 112 languages.
Aklanon
1 entries- pagi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Albanian
1 entries- rreze noun (beam of light or radiation)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- Ῥάγαι name (city in Iran)
- βατίς noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- ἀκτίς noun (beam of light or radiation)
Arabic
3 entries- الرَّيّ name (city in Iran)
- شُعَاع noun (beam of light or radiation)
- شِفْنِين noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Armenian
4 entries- կատվաձուկ noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- ճաճանչ noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ճառագայթ noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ճառագայթ noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Aromanian
2 entries- aradzã noun (beam of light or radiation)
- radzã noun (beam of light or radiation)
Asturian
1 entries- raya noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- Rey name (city in Iran)
- şüa noun (beam of light or radiation)
Bashkir
1 entries- нур noun (beam of light or radiation)
Basque
1 entries- arraia noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Belarusian
2 entries- праме́нь noun (beam of light or radiation)
- скат noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Bengali
1 entries- রশ্মি noun (beam of light or radiation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лъч noun (beam of light or radiation)
- лъч noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- скат noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- шип noun (reinforcing in a fish's fin)
Burmese
4 entries- ခြည် noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ရောင်ခြည် noun (beam of light or radiation)
- လိပ်ကျောက် noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- အလင်းတန်း noun (beam of light or radiation)
Catalan
3 entries- raig noun (beam of light or radiation)
- rajada noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- semirecta noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Cebuano
1 entries- pagi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تشک noun (beam of light or radiation)
Chagatai
1 entries- ری name (city in Iran)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 魔鬼魚 /魔鬼鱼 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 光線 /光线 noun (beam of light or radiation)
- 射線 /射线 noun (beam of light or radiation)
- 射线 noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- 魟魚 /𫚉鱼 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Church Slavic
1 entries- лоуча noun (beam of light or radiation)
Czech
4 entries- paprsek noun (beam of light or radiation)
- polopřímka noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- rejnok noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- vyzařovat verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
Dalmatian
1 entries- rus noun (beam of light or radiation)
Danish
3 entries- rokke noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- stråle noun (beam of light or radiation)
- stråle noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Dhivehi
1 entries- މަޑި noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Dutch
3 entries- rog noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- straal noun (beam of light or radiation)
- straal noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-t:sti-w-t-N8 noun (beam of light or radiation)
Esperanto
4 entries- radio noun (beam of light or radiation)
- radio noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- radiuso noun (beam of light or radiation)
- radiuso noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Estonian
4 entries- kiir noun (beam of light or radiation)
- kiir noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- rai noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- kiirgama verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
Finnish
4 entries- piikki noun (reinforcing in a fish's fin)
- puolisuora noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- rausku noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- ruoto noun (reinforcing in a fish's fin)
French
3 entries- demi-droite noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- raie noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- rayon noun (beam of light or radiation)
Friulian
1 entries- rai noun (beam of light or radiation)
Galician
1 entries- raio noun (beam of light or radiation)
Georgian
2 entries- სკაროსი noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- შუქი noun (beam of light or radiation)
German
4 entries- Halbgerade noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- Rochen noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- Strahl noun (beam of light or radiation)
- Strahl noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Greek
4 entries- ακτίνα noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ημιευθεία noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- μουδιάστρα noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- νάρκη noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Greenlandic
2 entries- allernaq noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- tarraleqisaaq noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Hebrew
2 entries- קֶרֶן noun (beam of light or radiation)
- קֶרֶן noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Hindi
2 entries- किरण noun (beam of light or radiation)
- रश्मि noun (beam of light or radiation)
Hungarian
3 entries- félegyenes noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- rája noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- sugár noun (beam of light or radiation)
Icelandic
2 entries- geisli noun (beam of light or radiation)
- skata noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Indonesian
2 entries- pari noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- sinar noun (beam of light or radiation)
Irish
2 entries- ga noun (beam of light or radiation)
- roc noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Italian
4 entries- filo noun (beam of light or radiation)
- raggio noun (beam of light or radiation)
- raggio noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- razza noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Japanese
4 entries- エイ noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- 光線 noun (beam of light or radiation)
- 鱏 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- 鱝 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Javanese
2 entries- pe noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- sorot noun (beam of light or radiation)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шувтру noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Kannada
1 entries- ತೊರಕೆ noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Kapampangan
2 entries- pagi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- simbul noun (beam of light or radiation)
Kazakh
2 entries- нұр noun (beam of light or radiation)
- сәуле noun (beam of light or radiation)
Khmer
1 entries- រស្មី noun (beam of light or radiation)
Korean
3 entries- 가오리 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- 광선 noun (beam of light or radiation)
- 홍어 noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- нур noun (beam of light or radiation)
- шоола noun (beam of light or radiation)
Lao
1 entries- ແສງ noun (beam of light or radiation)
Latgalian
1 entries- spaits noun (beam of light or radiation)
Latin
4 entries- Rages name (city in Iran)
- Rhagae name (city in Iran)
- Rhaganae name (city in Iran)
- radius noun (beam of light or radiation)
Latvian
3 entries- raja noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- stars noun (beam of light or radiation)
- stars noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Lithuanian
1 entries- spindulys noun (beam of light or radiation)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- rochon noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Stral noun (beam of light or radiation)
Macedonian
2 entries- зрак noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ража noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Malay
4 entries- pari noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- sinaran noun (beam of light or radiation)
- bersinar verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
- menyinar verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
Malayalam
1 entries- തിരണ്ടി noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Maltese
1 entries- raġġ noun (beam of light or radiation)
Marathi
1 entries- रेय name (city in Iran)
Minangkabau
1 entries- pari noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Mongolian
1 entries- туяа noun (beam of light or radiation)
Māori
4 entries- hihi noun (beam of light or radiation)
- ihi noun (beam of light or radiation)
- pūhihi noun (beam of light or radiation)
- wana noun (beam of light or radiation)
Norman
3 entries- cârrée noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- fliée noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- raie noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tîroj noun (beam of light or radiation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rokke noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- stråle noun (beam of light or radiation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- rokke noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- stråle noun (beam of light or radiation)
Occitan
1 entries- rai noun (beam of light or radiation)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- лучь noun (beam of light or radiation)
Old English
1 entries- sċīma noun (beam of light or radiation)
Old Persian
1 entries- 𐎼𐎥𐎠 name (city in Iran)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ری name (city in Iran)
- طرپانه noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- كدی بالغی noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Pashto
3 entries- شعاع noun (beam of light or radiation)
- پلوشه noun (beam of light or radiation)
- څريکه noun (beam of light or radiation)
Persian
4 entries- ری name (city in Iran)
- شهر ری name (city in Iran)
- برازه noun (beam of light or radiation)
- فروغ noun (beam of light or radiation)
Polish
4 entries- promień noun (beam of light or radiation)
- promień noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- półprosta noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- płaszczka noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Portuguese
4 entries- arraia noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- raia noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- raio noun (beam of light or radiation)
- raio noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਿਰਨ noun (beam of light or radiation)
Romanian
2 entries- rază noun (beam of light or radiation)
- semidreaptă noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Russian
4 entries- излуче́ние noun (beam of light or radiation)
- луч noun (beam of light or radiation)
- луч noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- полупряма́я noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रश्मि noun (beam of light or radiation)
Sardinian
1 entries- ragiu noun (beam of light or radiation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȍlupravac noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- raža noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- zrȁka noun (beam of light or radiation)
- zrȃk noun (beam of light or radiation)
Slovak
3 entries- lúč noun (beam of light or radiation)
- polpriamka noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- raja noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Slovene
1 entries- žarek noun (beam of light or radiation)
Spanish
3 entries- raya noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- rayo noun (beam of light or radiation)
- semirrecta noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Swahili
2 entries- kianga noun (beam of light or radiation)
- mwale noun (beam of light or radiation)
Swedish
3 entries- rocka noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- stråle noun (beam of light or radiation)
- stråle noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Tagalog
3 entries- ligos noun (beam of light or radiation)
- pagi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- sinag noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Tajik
3 entries- Рай name (city in Iran)
- нур noun (beam of light or radiation)
- шуоъ noun (beam of light or radiation)
Tamil
1 entries- திருக்கை noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Tashelhit
1 entries- aẓnẓar noun (beam of light or radiation)
Tausug
1 entries- pagi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Telugu
3 entries- కిరణము noun (beam of light or radiation)
- టెంకి noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- రేఖ noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Thai
4 entries- กระเบน noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- รังสี noun (beam of light or radiation)
- รังสี noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- แสง noun (beam of light or radiation)
Tocharian B
1 entries- swāñco noun (beam of light or radiation)
Turkish
4 entries- Rey name (city in Iran)
- hüzme noun (beam of light or radiation)
- vatoz noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- ışın noun (beam of light or radiation)
Turkmen
2 entries- nur noun (beam of light or radiation)
- şöhle noun (beam of light or radiation)
Ukrainian
3 entries- про́мінь noun (beam of light or radiation)
- про́мінь noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- скат noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Urdu
2 entries- شعاع noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
- کرن noun (beam of light or radiation)
Uyghur
2 entries- شولا noun (beam of light or radiation)
- نۇر noun (beam of light or radiation)
Uzbek
3 entries- Ray name (city in Iran)
- nur noun (beam of light or radiation)
- shula noun (beam of light or radiation)
Venetan
1 entries- rajo noun (beam of light or radiation)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cá đuối noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- tia noun (beam of light or radiation)
- tia noun (mathematics: line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point)
Walloon
2 entries- rai noun (beam of light or radiation)
- rayeye noun (beam of light or radiation)
Welsh
3 entries- cath fôr noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- morgath noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
- pelydr noun (beam of light or radiation)
Wolof
1 entries- umbulaan wi noun (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Yiddish
1 entries- שטראַל noun (beam of light or radiation)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant.
Source: tatoeba (29545)
There is not a ray of truth in it.
Source: tatoeba (42899)
There was not a ray of hope before him.
Source: tatoeba (287024)
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