racine

/ʁa.sin/

la noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les racines

Meaning

  1. root

    • Les racines de l'arbre sont profondes.

      The tree's roots are deep.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

aïeul

Close — English "roots" figuratively means ancestry, just like racine.

ancêtre

Close — English "roots" figuratively means ancestry.

source

Close — "the root of the problem" means "the source."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

raíz

raíz is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "root."

Practice

1 What does racine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ de l'arbre sont profondes.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches racine?

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