radical
English
/ˈɹædɪkəl/
adj
Definitions
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- (botany) Pertaining to a root of a plant.
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- (lexicography) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- (phonology) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- (chemistry) Involving free radicals.
- (math) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome.
Etymology
Derived from French radical derived from Latin rādīcālis, rādix (root).
Origin
Latin
rādix
Gloss
root
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
根
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiradical English
- antiradicalism English
- antiradicalization English
- biradical English
- biradicaloid English
- coradical English
- counterradical English
- counterradicalism English
- deradicalization English
- deradicalize English
- diradical English
- diradicaloid English
- extraradical English
- extraradically English
- heteroradical English
- hyperradical English
- intraradical English
- macroradical English
- metalloradical English
- multiradical English
- nil English
- nilradical English
- nonradical English
- oxyradical English
- polyradical English
- pre-radicalization English
- preradical English
- pseudoradical English
- radicalish English
- radicalism English
- radicalistic English
- radicalistically English
- radicality English
- radicalizable English
- radicalization English
- radicalize English
- radicalizer English
- radically English
- radicalness English
- radix English
- reradicalization English
- reradicalize English
- semiradical English
- tetraradical English
- triradical English
- ultraradical English
- unradical English
- radikaali Finnish
- radikalismi Finnish
- eradico Latin
- radicalis Latin
- radix Latin
- radīcīna Latin
- rādix Latin
- rādīcālis Latin
- rādīx Latin
- radikal German
- radicaal Dutch, Flemish
- radical French
- radicalaire French
- radicalement French
- radicaliser French
- radicalisme French
- radicalité French
- радика́л Russian
- radikal Danish
- rātih Old High German
- nil
- radix
- unradical
- radically
- coradical
- biradical
- diradical
- oxyradical
- nilradical
- radicalism
- radicalize
- radicalish
- radicality
- nonradical
- triradical
- preradical
- semiradical
- antiradical
- polyradical
- radicalizer
- radicalness
- diradicaloid
- deradicalize
- hyperradical
- intraradical
- macroradical
- ultraradical
- multiradical
- extraradical
- biradicaloid
- reradicalize
- tetraradical
- radicalistic
- heteroradical
- pseudoradical
- radicalizable
- counterradical
- metalloradical
- antiradicalism
- extraradically
- radicalization
- reradicalization
- deradicalization
- radicalistically
- counterradicalism
- pre-radicalization
- antiradicalization