What does rayer in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word rayer in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rayer in French.

The word rayer in French means scratch, draw lines on, cross out, cross off, strike out, strike through, remove from, scratch, wipe off the map, strike off, cut out of your life, delete as appropriate. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rayer

scratch

verbe transitif (érafler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Attention, cette éponge raye l'émail de l'évier.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. The child scuffed his new shoes kicking stones.

draw lines on

verbe transitif (faire des raies, des lignes)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Avec son crayon de couleur, l'enfant rayait les murs.
The child was drawing lines on the wall with a coloured pencil.

cross out, cross off, strike out, strike through

verbe transitif (barrer)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Le professeur raie les mauvaises réponses de l'exercice.
The teacher crosses out the wrong answers in the exercise.

remove from

(éliminer)

Marc a demandé à être rayé de la liste des candidats.
Marc asked to be removed from the list of candidates.

scratch

verbe pronominal (être susceptible d'être rayé)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Ce matériau se raye facilement.
This material is easily scratched.

wipe off the map

locution verbale (détruire, anéantir) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

strike off

locution verbale (enlever une accréditation à [qqn])

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

cut out of your life

locution verbale (ne plus vouloir avoir affaire avec [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

delete as appropriate

locution verbale (choisir par élimination)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Vous êtes : - une femme - un homme. Rayer la mention inutile.

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