racine

See also: Racine and raciné

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.sin/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: racinent, racines
  • Hyphenation: ra‧cine

Noun

racine f (plural racines)

  1. (of a tree) root
  2. (figuratively) root, origin
  3. (grammar) root
  4. (mathematics) root

Derived terms

Verb

racine

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

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: rasin

Further reading

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Middle English

Noun

racine

  1. Alternative form of raysyn
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