noun, feminine/ʁɛ/plural: raies
ridge between furrows, balk (an unplowed strip of land); line; scratch, mark; cleft (zone between the buttocks); stripe
“une raie de champ” — a field balk
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱéh₂ Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā Gaulish *ricābor.? Vulgar Latin [Term?] Old French roie French raie Inherited from Old French roie, from Vulgar Latin [Term?], probably from Gaulish *ricā (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”, compare Old Irish rech).