reason
English
/ˈɹiːzən/
noun
Definitions
- A cause:
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
- (mathematics) Ratio; proportion.
Etymology
Borrowed from raisun derived from Old French raison derived from Latin ratiō (reason, calculation, account, proof, manner, explanation).
Origin
Latin
ratiō
Gloss
reason, calculation, account, proof, manner, explanation
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonreason English
- outreason English
- reasoner English
- reasonest English
- reasoneth English
- reasonist English
- reasonless English
- reasonlessly English
- reasonlessness English
- reasonous English
- twi-reason English
- unreason English
- unreasonable English
- unreasonableness English
- unreasonably English
- ratio Latin
- ratiocinor Latin
- rationabilis Latin
- rationalis Latin
- rationarium Latin
- ratiō Latin
- ratiōnābilis Latin
- ratio Italian
- razione Italian
- razza Italian
- ratio Dutch, Flemish
- ración Spanish, Castilian
- razonable Spanish, Castilian
- razón Spanish, Castilian
- sinrazón Spanish, Castilian
- razão Portuguese
- racja Polish
- irrationel Danish
- rationel Danish
- araisnier Old French
- raison Old French
- reson Old French
- ра̀чӯн Serbo-Croatian
- ració Catalan, Valencian
- rhaid Welsh
- rheswm Welsh
- rhesymol Welsh
- reiza Old High German
- razon Old Portuguese
- raçon Old Portuguese
- razón Asturian
- reson Friulian
- razo Old Occitan
- résún Middle Irish
- raxon Venetian
- rason Papiamentu
- raisun xno
- rasaun Dalmatian
- rejon Ladin
- rason Hiligaynon
- razón Aragonese
- razón Extremaduran
- razon omq-teo