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Raison

Raison

See also: raison

German

Noun

Raison f ‎(genitive Raison, no plural)

  1. Alternative spelling of Räson

raison

raison

See also: Raison

French

Noun

raison f ‎(plural raisons)

  1. reason (cause)
  2. reason (mental faculties)
  3. (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
  4. (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)

Derived terms

Old French

Noun

raison f ‎(oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)

  1. Alternative form of reson

Etymology

From Old French reson, raison, from Latin rātio, rātionem. Compare the borrowed doublet ration.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ̃/

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