relai

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɛ/

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relai m (plural relais)

1. post-1990 spelling of relais

• élira, liera, relia

Internationalism, ultimately from French relais, from Old French relaier.

• The verb sense is borrowed from English relay (“to relay, to convey: to pass on or transfer”).
• The noun sense is borrowed from Dutch relais (“relay”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.lai̯/
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: re‧lai

relai

1. to relay, to convey: to pass on or transfer.

   Synonym: sambung siar

• IPA^(key): /rə.ˈlai̯/
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: rê‧lai

rêlai (plural relai-relai, first-person possessive relaiku, second-person possessive relaimu, third-person possessive relainya)

1. (electronics) relay: An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

   Synonym: geganti (Standard Malay)

Inherited from Malay relai. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /rə.ˈlai̯/
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: rê‧lai

rêlai (plural relai-relai, first-person possessive relaiku, second-person possessive relaimu, third-person possessive relainya)

1. (zoology) pearl snail (Melo melo); pearl conch.

   Synonym: siput mutiara

Inherited from Malay relai. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /rə.ˈlai̯/
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: rê‧lai

rêlai

1. crumbled (of wood)

   Synonym: reput

• “relai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.