arbitraire

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbitrārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.bi.tʁɛʁ/
  • arbitraire:(file)

Adjective

arbitraire (plural arbitraires)

  1. arbitrary (determined by impulse)
    • 1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 13
      Un acte arbitraire, réprouvé par l’ensemble des membres me paraît avoir éveillé ce désir de vengeance qui tua pour des années tout sentiment sympathique pour nous dans la poitrine de l’homme en question.
      An arbitrary act, condemned by all members, seems to me to have awakened this desire for revenge which for years killed all sympathetic feelings for us in the breast of the man in question.
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: arbitrair
    • Indonesian: arbitrer

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