relayer

== English == === Etymology 1 === From relay + -er. ==== Noun ==== relayer (plural relayers) One who, or that which, relays. An athlete who takes part in a relay race. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From re- + layer. ==== Verb ==== relayer (third-person singular simple present relayers, present participle relayering, simple past and past participle relayered) To layer again. == French == === Etymology === From re- +‎ laier (“old dialect term: to leave”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁə.lɛ.je/ ~ /ʁə.le.je/ === Verb === relayer (historical, intransitive) to relay, change horses (transitive) to relieve, take over from (transitive) to replace (transitive) to transmit, relay (information) (reflexive) to take turns, to alternate ==== 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). === Further reading === “relayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012