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rayer
rayer
See also: raþer
French
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.
- rayé de la carte. - 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 both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of rayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rayer | avoir rayé | |||||
| gerund | en rayant | en ayant rayé | |||||
| present participle | rayant /ʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rayé /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raye or raie /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
rayes or raies /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
raye or raie /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ |
rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ |
rayent or raient /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | rayais /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ |
rayais /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ |
rayait /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ |
rayions /ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁej.jɔ̃/ |
rayiez /ʁɛj.je/ or /ʁej.je/ |
rayaient /ʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rayai /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ |
rayas /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/ |
raya /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/ |
rayâmes /ʁɛ.jam/ or /ʁe.jam/ |
rayâtes /ʁɛ.jat/ or /ʁe.jat/ |
rayèrent /ʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | rayerai or raierai /ʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɛ.ʁe/ |
rayeras or raieras /ʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɛ.ʁa/ |
rayera or raiera /ʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɛ.ʁa/ |
rayerons or raierons /ʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rayerez or raierez /ʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɛ.ʁe/ |
rayeront or raieront /ʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rayerais or raierais /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
rayerais or raierais /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
rayerait or raierait /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
rayerions or raierions /ʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rayeriez or raieriez /ʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁɛ.ʁje/ |
rayeraient or raieraient /ʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raye or raie /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
rayes or raies /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
raye or raie /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
rayions /ʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁej.jɔ̃/ |
rayiez /ʁɛj.je/ or /ʁej.je/ |
rayent or raient /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rayasse /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/ |
rayasses /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/ |
rayât /ʁɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.ja/ |
rayassions /ʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
rayassiez /ʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁe.ja.sje/ |
rayassent /ʁɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | raye or raie /ʁɛj/ or /ʁɛ/ |
— | rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ |
rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ |
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