irrationnel

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin irratiōnālis. By surface analysis, ir- +‎ rationnel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl/

Adjective

irrationnel (feminine irrationnelle, masculine plural irrationnels, feminine plural irrationnelles)

1. irrational

   Antonym: rationnel

2. (mathematics) irrational (that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers)

   Antonym: rationnel

   Pi est un nombre irrationnel.

   Pi is an irrational number.

Derived terms

• irrationnellement

Descendants

• → Turkish: irrasyonel

See also

• déraisonnable

Further reading

• “irrationnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.