raison
French
noun
Definitions
- reason cause
- reason mental faculties
- (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
- (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French reson inherited from Latin rātiō (judgment, reason).
Origin
Latin
rātiō
Gloss
judgment, reason
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *arratiōnis Latin
- ratiō Latin
- ratiōnem Latin
- reason, ratiō, calculation Latin
- reor Latin
- rātiō Latin
- ragione Italian
- antiraisonnable French
- déraison French
- déraisonnable French
- raisonnable French
- raisonnablement French
- raisonnement French
- raisonner French
- raisonneur French
- ration French
- резон Russian
- reson Swedish
- rezon Polish
- ræson Danish
- ræsonnere Danish
- resnable Old French
- reson Old French
- rezona Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- arsye Albanian
- razo Old Occitan
- rezon Mauritian Creole
- raison Louisiana Creole French
- rezon Seychellois Creole