principle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
2. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
3. Moral rule or aspect.
4. A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
5. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
6. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
7. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
8. An original faculty or endowment.
9. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of principal.
10. (obsolete) A beginning.

Verb

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.

Concepts

principe

règle

règle|règles

précepte

théorie

instructions

loi

majeure

monnaie

norme

origine

prémisse d’un syllogisme

doctrine

racine

devise

règlement

régulation

sens

source

base

volonté

principes essentiels

règle de base

règle générale

vérité fondamentale

principle

étalon monétaire

échelle

🪜

égoïste

Synonymes

rule

tenet

basis

doctrine

regulation

law

origin

precept

policy

axiom

discipline

reason

foundation

root

source

theory

system

method

fundamentals

base

fundamental law

statute

cause

opinion

rationale

meaning

general rule

theorem

start

beginning

standard

element

rudiment

origination

approach

plan

main

guideline

basic

condition

conceptual

canon

concept

common

bugbear

commission

commencement

ghost

👻

command

genie

🧞

Traductions

principio

Prinzip

principio

princípio

Grundsatz

principe

principi

αρχή

grondbeginsel

beginsel

مبدأ

prensip

massima

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: principle

In summary

From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”); see also prince.