racine

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.sin/

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

racine f (plural racines)

1. root (of a plant)

   prendre racine ― to take root

   couper le mal à la racine ― to cut the evil at the root

   manger/bouffer/brouter/nourrir les pissenlits par la racine ― to push up daisies

   fumer/manger les mauves par la racine ― to 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.

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)

• radical
• éradiquer

racine

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

• Haitian Creole: rasin

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

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

racine

1. alternative form of raysyn