racine
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
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Inherited from Old French *raicine, from Late Latin rādīcīna (“root”), from Latin rādīx (“root”) + -īna (derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʁa.sin/
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- Hyphenation: ra‧cine
Noun
[edit]racine f (plural racines)
- root (of a plant)
- prendre racine ― to take root
- couper le mal à la racine ― to cut the evil at the root
- manger/bouffer/brouter/nourrir les pissenlits par la racine ― to push up daisies
- fumer/manger les mauves par la racine ― to be dead and buried
- Les racines s'étendent sous terre pour absorber l'eau et les nutriments.
- The roots extend underground to absorb water and nutrients.
- 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante[1], page 2:
- Les membres principaux de la plante sont au nombre de trois : la racine, la tige, la feuille.
- There are three main parts of the plant: the root, the stem, and the leaf.
- (figuratively) root, origin
- (grammar) root
- jardin des racines grecques ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- les racines latines en français ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (mathematics) root
- racine carrée ― square root
- racine cubique ― cube root
- racine quatrième ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- racine énième ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
[edit]- certificat racine
- coupe-racine
- déracinement
- déraciner
- enracination
- enracinement
- enraciner
- légume-racine
- nœud racine
- port racine
- racinage
- racinaire
- racine aérienne
- racine crustale
- racine de feu
- racine échasse
- racine pivotante
- racine suçoir
- racine traçante
- racine vrille
- racine-amère naine
- racine-blanche
- racine-contrefort
- racine-crampon
- racine-de-corail
- racine-douce
- racine-échasse
- racine-pilier
- racine-vierge
- raciner
- racinette
- racineux
Related terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]racine
- inflection of raciner:
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: rasin
Further reading
[edit]- “racine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]racine
- alternative form of raysyn
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