raison
See also: Raison
French
Etymology
From Old French reson, raison, inherited from Latin rātiō. Compare the borrowed doublet ration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
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Noun
raison f (plural raisons)
- reason (cause)
- reason (mental faculties)
- (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
- (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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