root in French
root in French
racine
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
racine
(figurative) The primary source; origin.
origine
(figurative) The primary source; origin.
racine
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
radical
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
racine
(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
mot souche
(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
root
(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
emmancher
(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
fourrer
(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.