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racine

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See also: Racine and raciné

French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French *raicine, from Late Latin rādīcīna (root), from Latin rādīx (root) + -īna (derivational suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    racine f (plural racines)

    1. root (of a plant)
      prendre racineto take root
      couper le mal à la racineto cut the evil at the root
      manger/bouffer/brouter/nourrir les pissenlits par la racineto push up daisies
      fumer/manger les mauves par la racineto 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.
    2. (figuratively) root, origin
    3. (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)
    4. (mathematics) root
      racine carréesquare root
      racine cubiquecube 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

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    Verb

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    racine

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

    Descendants

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    • Haitian Creole: rasin

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    Anagrams

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    racine

    1. alternative form of raysyn