English Online Dictionary. What means raid? What does raid mean?
English
Alternative forms
- rade (Scotland)
Etymology
From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun
raid (plural raids)
- (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- Synonyms: attack, foray, incursion
- (law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
- Synonym: irruption
- (sports) An attacking movement.
- (Internet slang) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
- (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
- (social media) An event involving a flash mob of users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
raid (third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)
- (transitive) To engage in a raid against.
- (transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
- (transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
Derived terms
- caught raiding the cookie jar
- raider
- ramraid
Descendants
- → Spanish: raid
- → French: raid
- → Italian: raid
- → Polish: rajd
- → Romanian: raid
- → Swedish: räd
Translations
Anagrams
- Radi, Rida, arid, dira, Dair, dari, riad, Aird, Irad, Dari, IARD
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish raid, from English raid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rai̯d/, [rai̯ð̞]
Noun
raid inan
- (military) raid
- Synonym: razzia
- long-distance race, rally
Declension
Further reading
- “raid”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛd/
- Homophones: raide, raides, raids
Noun
raid m (plural raids)
- (military) raid
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dira, rida
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrajd/, /ˈrɛjd/, /ˈrejd/
- Rhymes: -ajd, -ɛjd, -ejd
- Hyphenation: ràid
Noun
raid m (invariable)
- raid, incursion
- long-distance race or rally
References
Anagrams
- Idra, ardi, ardì, dari, dirà, idra, radi, rida, ridà
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French raid, from English raid, from Scots raid.
Noun
raid n (plural raiduri)
- raid
Declension
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English rade, northern variant of rode, from Old English rād.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /red/
Noun
raid (plural raids)
- raid
Descendants
- → English: raid, rade (Scotland)
- → Spanish: raid
- → French: raid
- → Italian: raid
- → Polish: rajd
- → Romanian: raid
- → Swedish: räd
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid. Doublet of rade from Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraid/ [ˈrai̯ð̞]
- Rhymes: -aid
- Syllabification: raid
Noun
raid m (plural raides)
- raid (military)
- attempt
- long-distance race
Further reading
- “raid”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “raid” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *raita, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *spraiþō.
Noun
raid
- willow