racine

See also: Racine and raciné

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French *raicine, from Late Latin rādīcīna (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“root”), from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.sin/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophones: racinent, racines
• Hyphenation: ra‧cine

Noun

racine f (plural racines)

1. root (of a plant)

   prendre racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   couper le mal à la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   faire les racines ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   légume racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   bouffer les pissenlits par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   brouter les pissenlits par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   fumer les mauves par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   manger les mauves par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   manger les pissenlits par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   nourrir les pissenlits par la racine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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 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

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

• radical
• éradiquer

Verb

racine

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

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

Middle English

Noun

racine

1. Alternative form of raysyn