méthode

See also: Methode and methode

French

Alternative forms

• methode

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French method, borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos, “pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system”), from μετά (metá, “after”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, motion, journey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.tɔd/

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Noun

méthode f (plural méthodes)

1. method
2. book, textbook

   une méthode de langue ― a language textbook

   une méthode de guitare ― a guitar textbook

3. (object-oriented programming) method

Derived terms

• méthode virtuelle
• méthodique

Descendants

• → Persian: متد (metod)
• → Polish: metoda, metod, metodus, metodusz (Middle Polish)
  • → Kashubian: metoda
  • → Silesian: metŏda
• → Romanian: metodă
• → Turkish: metot

Further reading

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