name
Meaning 1
A surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rayon
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rāʹŏn
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/ˈɹeɪɒn/
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rhymes with -eɪɒn
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ʀāyôɴʹ
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ʀĕyôɴʹ
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/reɪˈjɔ̃/
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/rɛˈjɔ̃/
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CMU ARPABET: R EY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cactus silk, sabra silk, viscose
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A ray or beam of light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
Meaning 4
A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: radius
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of raion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 6
a synthetic silklike fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
Narrower terms: acetate rayon, acetate, viscose rayon, viscose
History
Etymology
Anglicization of Spanish Rayón.
Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“a beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton.
From Middle French rayon [1539], from Old French rai (whence English ray), from Latin rādius (whence English radius).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изкуствена коприна (izkustvena koprina) — cellulosic fiber
- Catalan: raió — cellulosic fiber
- Chinese Mandarin: 嫘縈 /嫘萦 (léiyíng) — cellulosic fiber
- Czech: rajon — cellulosic fiber
- Czech: umělé hedvábí — cellulosic fiber
- Finnish: viskoosi — cellulosic fiber
- Finnish: raion — cellulosic fiber
- French: rayonne — cellulosic fiber
- Japanese: レーヨン (rēyon) — cellulosic fiber
- Japanese: 人絹 (jinken) — cellulosic fiber
- Japanese: 人造絹糸 (jinzō kenshi) — cellulosic fiber
- Polish: sztuczny jedwab — cellulosic fiber
- Serbo-Croatian: rajon — cellulosic fiber