radice

See also: Radice, radíce, řadíce, and řádíce

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdi.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Hyphenation: ra‧dì‧ce

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Noun

radice f (plural radici)

1. (botany, anatomy, arithmetic, mathematical analysis, computing, linguistics) root
2. cause, source

   Synonyms: causa, principio

Related terms

• radicale (“radical (linguistics)”)
• tema (“stem (botany, linguistics)”)
• radicare (“to take root(s)”)
• radicchio
• radichetta (“rootlet, radicle (botany)”)
• radiciforme (“radiciform, rootlike (botany)”)
• radicina (“small root (botany)”)
• radiciona (“big root (botany)”)
• radicolare (“radicular (anatomy)”)

Descendants

• → Middle French: radice
  • French: radis
    • → Wolof: radi
    • → Middle Low German: radies
      • → Danish: radise
      • → Faroese: radisa
      • → Icelandic: radísa
      • → Swedish: rädisa
  • → Dutch: radijs
    • Afrikaans: radijs
    • Negerhollands: radies
    • → German: Radies
      • ⇒ German: Radieschen (diminutive)
    • → Papiamentu: radijs (dated)
• →? Russian: редис (redis) ⇒ редиска (rediska)
  • → Belarusian: радыска (radyska)
  • → Ukrainian: редис (redys)

Anagrams

• cadrei, cedrai, ciarde, recida, ricade, riceda

Latin

Noun

rādīce

1. ablative singular of rādīx