binaire

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bīnārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.nɛʁ/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: binaires, binèrent

Adjective

binaire (plural binaires)

  1. binary (focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions)
    Synonym: manichéen
  2. (mathematics) binary
  3. (computing) binary (concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system)
  4. (music) binary
    Coordinate term: ternaire
  5. (gender studies) binary (pertaining to a gender system in which people are categorized, in terms of gender and often also sex, exclusively as either male or female)
    Antonym: non-binaire

Derived terms

Noun

binaire m (plural binaires)

  1. (computing) binary file

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