raison

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ratio, rationem.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

raison f (plural raisons)

  1. reason (cause)
  2. reason (mental faculties)
  3. (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
  4. (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)

Derived terms [edit]

Old French [edit]

Noun [edit]

raison f (oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)

  1. Alternative form of reson.
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