ROOT WORD

French translation: racine

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:root word
French translation:racine

05:58 Jan 7, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary / Le genre grammatical
English term or phrase: ROOT WORD
Linguistique - Le genre grammatical

Tucker et al dispute such claims, however, since phonological endings are not limited to suffixes, but also occur in ROOT WORD without suffixes (ex. maison) as equally accurate predictors of gender. Huot (1983) also notes the overlap between “endings” and “suffixes”, but argues, like Tucker et al., that the two must not be confused (p. 11). Corbett (1990) also insists that the major rules are phonological despite the overlap between morphology and phonology.
Bernard
racine
Explanation:
RACINE
III. 2° Elément irréductible d'un mot, obtenu par élimination de tous les éléments de formation et indices grammaticaux, et qui constitue un support de signification. V. Radical; base, monème.
Selected response from:

Joeri Van Liefferinge
Belgium
Local time: 09:14
Grading comment
Excellent!
Why Termium (www.Termium.com) does not give this syntagm?
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1racine
Joeri Van Liefferinge
4racine/radical
Guereau


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
racine


Explanation:
RACINE
III. 2° Elément irréductible d'un mot, obtenu par élimination de tous les éléments de formation et indices grammaticaux, et qui constitue un support de signification. V. Radical; base, monème.


    Petit Robert - Dictionnaire de la langue fran�aise
Joeri Van Liefferinge
Belgium
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: Native in FlemishFlemish, Native in DutchDutch
Grading comment
Excellent!
Why Termium (www.Termium.com) does not give this syntagm?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gayle Wallimann
19 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
racine/radical


Explanation:
Si Termium ne donne rien, le LDGT donne "racine" et "radical" (avec des précisions) qu'il est désormais inutile de rapporter.


Guereau
France
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1078
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search