rayon

From French rayon.

rayon (countable and uncountable, plural rayons)

1. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

rayon (plural rayons)

1. Alternative spelling of raion

rayon (plural rayons)

1. (obsolete) A ray or beam.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

rayon

1. region, rayon (second level subdivision unit in Ukraine, Russia and other ex-USSR countries).

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from French rayon.

• IPA^(key): /raːˈjɔn/, /rɛˈjɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧y‧on

rayon n (plural rayons, diminutive rayonnetje n)

1. region, regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a city or local government, of the area of operation of a business)

• rayonhoofd
• rayonkartel

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/

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From rai +‎ on. Unrelated to rayer.

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (geometry) radius
2. ray, beam (of light etc.)
3. spoke (of wheel)

• rayonner
  • rayonnant

• Russian: район (rajon)
  • Romanian: raion
  • Uyghur: رايون‎ (rayon)
  • Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

Old French ree, from Frankish *hrāta (“honeycomb”).

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. comb (of honey)
2. shelf
3. department (of department store), section (of shop)

• “rayon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)
2. spoke (of wheel)

Borrowed from English rayon.

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (Jersey) rayon