Details in Thai

“Details” in Thai is รายละเอียดraai-lá-ìat.

รายละเอียด raai-lá-ìat

details noun also in speech

raai mid
lá high
ìat low

High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.

How to use it

รายละเอียดraai-lá-ìat is "details", in emails and on websites and in everyday speech too: ขอรายละเอียดหน่อยkǎw raai-lá-ìat nàwy, could I have the details? It's built on ละเอียดlá-ìat, "fine, detailed, thorough", which also describes a careful person.

The รายraai at the front means "item, list", as in รายการraai-gaan, a list or a programme.

Other spellings you'll see

There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:

rai la iat
raila-iad
rai la eiad

More formal words in Thai

All formal words

การ gaan Kaan (prefix)
-ing, -tion: turns a verb into a noun (the act of …)
ความ kwaam Kwaam (prefix)
-ness (turns a verb or adjective into a noun)
ผู้ pûu Phu (prefix)
person (who …): makes words for people, like -er
นัก nák Nak (prefix)
-er, -ist: someone who does it (as a job or a passion)
ซึ่ง sûeng Who, which (formal)
which, who (adds information; formal, written)
เมื่อ mûea When (formal)
when, once (formal)

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Written by the Learn Thai For Free team
Audio: AI voices, quality-checked for tones