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)

   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)

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