Feminine

raison

Sentences
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La   raison   de   son
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   arrestation   est   inconnue .

The reason for his arrest is unknown.

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Quoi qu’il en soit   tu   avais   raison .

Anyway, you were right.

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Monsieur  Saddier  a   raison   de   poser   la   question
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 .

Mr. Saddier is right to ask the question.

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Le   dépeuplement   continue ,  en raison de  la   sécheresse .

Depopulation continues, due to drought.

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Plusieurs   théories   existent   quant à  la   raison   du   toponyme   anglophone   de  l'endroit.

Several theories exist as to the reason for the English toponym of the place.

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C'est   pour   cette   raison   qu'on   le   trouve   parfois   à   des   points  d'impact  météoritiques .

It is for this reason that it is sometimes found at meteoritic impact points.

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Meaning

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

Concepts

reason
cause
right
intellect
sense
mind

logical reasoning

circumstances
motive
intelligence
understanding
ground
wit
correct
brain
🧠
situation
due to
occasion
pretext
because of
why
basis
rationality
reasonableness
reasoning
grounds
sagacity
saneness
score
separation
significance
source
suit
system
theory
thread
🧵
truth
wherefore
wisdom
wittiness

causa

reason for

reason of State

discrimination

causal agent

causal agency

meaning

enchesoun

acquittal
brains
Synonyms

cause
A1
motif
B2
intelligence
B2
circonstances
B2
pourquoi
A1
bon sens
sens
A1
intellect
24k
logique
B1
avoir raison
prétexte
C1
jugement
B2
correct
B2
méthode
B2
mobile
B2
modération
26k
moyen
A2
objectif
B2
occasion
B1
origine
B2
procès
A2
rationalité
sagesse
B2
situation
A2
source
B1
système
A2
théorie
B1

bon-sens

commodité
47k
conditions
B2
convenance
27k
discernement
27k
gain de cause
motivation
C1

poursuite judiciaire

précision
C1
sagacité
abord
A1

de bon sens

argument
C1
cas
A1
certitude
C1
complet
B2
condition
B2
ensemble
A1
faute
A1
fil
B1
🧶
foi
B1
fondement
C2
justice
A2
Translations

Grund
ragione
razón
razão
Vernunft
Ursache
causa
raó
motivo
motivo
causa
Verstand
Anlass
causa
rede
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
reson
Inherited from Latin
Latin
ratio
In summary

Inherited from Old French reson, raison, inherited from Latin ratiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet ration.

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