rayer

== French == === Etymology === From raie +‎ -er. Found in Old French as roier. Cf. however also Old French raier, rayer, possibly from Latin radiāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɛ.je/ ~ /ʁe.je/ === Verb === rayer to line, to make lines on, to mark with lines (e.g. a piece of paper) to cross out, to cross off (remove something from a list) Quand il arrivera, tu pourras rayer son nom. ― When he arrives, you can cross off his name. to wipe off (remove) Je l'ai rayé du tableau. ― I wiped it off the board. J'ai rayé de la carte. ― I wiped off the map ==== Conjugation ==== 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 <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (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 either group, according to the writer's preference). ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “rayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012