méthode
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French method, borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos, “pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system”), from μετά (metá, “after”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, motion, journey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.tɔd/
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Noun
méthode f (plural méthodes)
- method
- book, textbook
- une méthode de langue ― a language textbook
- une méthode de guitare ― a guitar textbook
- (object-oriented programming) method
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Persian: متد (metod)
- → Polish: metoda, metod, metodus, metodusz (Middle Polish)
- → Kashubian: metoda
- → Silesian: metŏda
- → Romanian: metodă
- → Turkish: metot
Further reading
- “méthode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.