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The French word for root is
racine





root

Gender

The gender of racine is feminine. E.g. la racine.

Plural

The plural of racine is racines.

French Definition


root
     1. n. Racine (de plante, de dent, de cheveu, carrée, de mot).
     2. n. Origine, source principale.
     3. n. Informatique Root (compte et administrateur).
     4. n. Informatique Racine, répertoire racine (plus haut répertoire de l'arborescence).
     5. v. Enraciner.
           They rooted the tree close to the house.
     6. v. (Figuré) Enraciner.
           He was rooted to the spot with fear.
     7. v. Déraciner.
     8. v. (Par extension) (Figuré) Déterrer.
     9. v. Supprimer, anéantir, éradiquer.
           The dissent was ruthlessly rooted out.
     10. v. (AU) (NZ) (sexe) Baiser.



Translations for root and their definitions

racine
     1. n-f. (of a tree) root
     2. n-f. (figuratively) root, origin
     3. n-f. (grammar) root
     4. n-f. (mathematics) root
     5. v. first-person singular present of raciner
     6. v. third-person singular present of raciner
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of raciner


root
     1. n-m. (computing) root


origine
     1. n-f. origin (start place)
     2. n-f. origin (place of creation)
           il est d'origine parisienne - he's originally from Paris
     3. n-f. start, beginning
           à l'origine - in the beginning
     4. n-f. (mathematics) origin
     5. v. first-person singular present of originer
     6. v. third-person singular present of originer
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of originer


radical
     1. adj. radical
           L'idéologie islamiste radicale de Boko Haram a provoqué le déplacement de plus de deux millions de personnes dans le nord du Nigeria. - The radical Islamist ideology of Boko Haram caused more t
     2. n-m. (linguistics, grammar) radical, root


mot souche
     1. n-m. (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)


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