Descartes

See also: descartes and descartés

English

Etymology

From French Descartes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /deɪˈkɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Proper noun

Descartes (countable and uncountable, plural Descarteses)

1. A surname from French
2. René Descartes: A French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650.

Derived terms

• Descartean, Descartian
• Descartesean, Descartesian
• Descartes Highlands
• Descartes law
• folium of Descartes

Related terms

• Cartesian

Translations

French philosopher and mathematician

• Greek: Καρτέσιος (el) m (Kartésios)
• Hindi: देकार्त (dekārt)
• Italian: Cartesio (it) m
• Marathi: देकार्त m (dekārta)
• Russian: Дека́рт (ru) m (Dekárt)

See also

• Cart
• Carte
• Cartes
• Lacarte

 

Anagrams

• sacredest, scaredest

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kaʁt/

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Proper noun

Descartes m or f by sense

1. Descartes: a surname
2. Descartes (“René Descartes”): A French philosopher and mathematician, who lived from 1596 to 1650.

Descendants

• English: Descartes

See also

• carte
• Carte
• Cartes
• des