racine

See also: Racine, and raciné

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Late Latin radicīna (“root”), from Latin radix, radicis (“root”), from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.sin/

• Audio (France, Paris):

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• 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

Verb

racine

1. first-person singular present indicative of raciner
2. third-person singular present indicative of raciner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of raciner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of raciner
5. second-person singular imperative of raciner

Derived terms

Derived terms

• coupe-racine
• déracinement
• déraciner
• enracination
• enracinement

• enraciner
• racine carrée
• racine cubique
• raciner

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: rasin

Further reading

• “racine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Carine, cernai, encira, encrai, ricane, ricané

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Middle English

Noun

racine

1. Alternative form of raysyn