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racine

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See also: Racine and raciné

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French *raicine, from Late Latin rādīcīna (root), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (root), from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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racine f (plural racines)

  1. root (of a plant)
    prendre racineto take root
    couper le mal à la racineto cut the evil at the root
    manger/bouffer/brouter/nourrir les pissenlits par la racineto push up daisies
    fumer/manger les mauves par la racineto be dead and buried
    Les racines s’étendent sous terre pour absorber l’eau et les nutriments.
    The roots extend underground to absorb water and nutrients.
  2. (figuratively) root, origin
  3. (grammar) root
    jardin des racines grecques(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    les racines latines en français(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (mathematics) root
    racine carréesquare root
    racine cubiquecube root
    racine quatrième(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    racine énième(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

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Verb

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racine

  1. inflection of raciner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: rasin

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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racine

  1. Alternative form of raysyn