rayonnement (rè-io-n-mān), n.m., radiance; radiancy; (phys.) radiation. Le — des astres; the radiation of the stars.
rayonner, v.n., to radiate, to irradiate; to shine; to beam; to glisten; to trace furrows or lines. Son visage rayonne de joie; his face is radiant with joy. v.a., to shelve (a room).
rayure, n.f., stripe (of textile fabrics); streak; scratch, groove; rifling (fire-arms).
raz, n.m., (nav.) race, bore. — de marée; bore, eagre (rush of water up an estuary; wave caused by the meeting of two tides).
razzia, n.f., (—s) (milit.) raid, foray, razzia; inroad; (fig.) clean sweep.
ré, n.m., (mus.) D; (vocal mus.) re, D.
re, ré, prefix from Latin re, red.
réabonnement, n.m., renewed subscription.
se réabonner, v.r., to subscribe again; to renew one’s subscription.