# rais
## English
### Noun

rais (plural raises)
* Alternative form of reis (“holder of military rank”)

### References

* “rais”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Sira, airs, Rias, RISA, Risa, RIAs, IRAs, sira, Isar, aris, Sari, sari, rias, IRAS

## Catalan
### Noun

rais
* plural of rai

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

### Noun

rais
* rice

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rais m
* plural of rai

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese raiz. Cognate with Kabuverdianu raìs.

### Noun

rais
* root

## Italian
### Etymology

From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “leader, chief, head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈis/, (traditional) /ˈra.is/
* Rhymes: -is, (traditional) -ais
* Hyphenation: ra‧ìs, (traditional) rà‧is

### Noun

rais m (invariable)
* (historical) captain (of a ship) [c. 16th century]
* a leader or head of state in an Arab society; reis
* (by extension, colloquial) a person in charge (chiefly male); boss, leader, supervisor
    Synonyms: capo, padrone

#### Related terms

* ras

### See also

* capo
* duce

### References

* ↑ rais in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ rais in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* arsi, rasi, risa, risà, sari

## Middle English
### Verb

rais
* Alternative form of reysen (“to raise”)

## Mokilese
### Noun

rais
* rice

#### Inflection

| Demonstrative formss | Singular | Plural |
| 1st person (near speaker) | raisse | raiskai |
| 2nd person (near hearer) | raissen | raisken |
| 3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) | raisso | raissok |
| Article forms | | |
| indefinite | raissoaw | raispwi |
| definite | raiswa | raiswa |

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English rice.

### Noun

rais
* rice

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz and Kabuverdianu raìs.

### Noun

rais
* root

## Pohnpeian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rice.

### Noun

rais
* rice

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* raisi

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

rais (ma class, plural marais)
* president (the head of state of a republic)
** 2019 July 14, “Barua mpya iliyovuja yadai Trump amevunja mkataba wa nyukilia 'ili kumkera Obama'”, in BBC News Swahili‎:Gazeti la Mail on Sunday linaripoti kuwa Sir Kim alimwandikia Bw Johnson akimuelezea kuwa rais Trump kutoka chama cha Republican anavunja mkataba huo kwa sababu za "utashi binafsi" - kwa sababu makubaliano hayo yalifikiwa na mtangulizi wake kutoka chama cha Democrat, Barack Obama.Mail on Sunday reports that Sir Kim wrote to Mr Johnson explaining that President Trump from the Republican Party was breaking the agreement for "personality reasons" - because the agreement was reached by his predecessor from the Democratic Party, Barack Obama.

#### Derived terms

* urais

### References

* ↑ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Finally, modern engagement with the wider Islamic world has inspired Swahili lexicographers to coin words based on Modern Standard Arabic, like thaura ‘revolution’ or rais ‘president’”

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English rice.

### Noun

rais
* rice

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs).

### Noun

rais (plural raislar)
* chairman