"raison" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ʁɛ.zɔ̃/, /ʁe.zɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-raison.ogg Forms: raisons [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French reson, raison, inherited from Latin ratiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet ration. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|reson|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French reson, {{inh+|fr|fro|reson}} Inherited from Old French reson, {{m|fro|raison}} raison, {{inh|fr|la|ratio|ratiōnem}} Latin ratiōnem, {{doublet|fr|ration|notext=1}} ration Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} raison f (plural raisons)
  1. reason (cause) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-raison-fr-noun-SeYOi3bx
  2. reason (mental faculties) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-raison-fr-noun-wxBEmmnc Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 42 42
  3. (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-raison-fr-noun-hjZ0ZTns Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 42 42 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-raison-fr-noun-zgaAZIwv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 42 42 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [Louisiana Creole]

Etymology: From French raison (“reason”), compare Haitian Creole rezon. Etymology templates: {{inh|lou|fr|raison||reason}} French raison (“reason”), {{cog|ht|rezon}} Haitian Creole rezon Head templates: {{head|lou|verb}} raison
  1. to be right
    Sense id: en-raison-lou-verb-z1h24Okb Categories (other): Louisiana Creole entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: raison oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], raisons [oblique, plural], raison [nominative, singular], raisons [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} raison oblique singular, f (oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)
  1. Alternative form of reson Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: reson
    Sense id: en-raison-fro-noun-Iwr3p32H Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Yola]

Head templates: {{head|yol|noun}} raison
  1. Alternative form of raaison Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: raaison
    Sense id: en-raison-yol-noun-B3Fk6iEC Categories (other): Yola entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Do not ask me the reason.",
          "ref": "1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY",
          "text": "Dinna ishe mee a raison.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of raaison"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raaison",
          "raaison#Yola"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "raison"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'raison oblique singular or', originally 'raison oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "raison"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "raison",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'raison oblique singular or', originally 'raison oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "raison"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "raison",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'raison oblique singular or' in 'raison oblique singular, f (oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)'",
  "path": [
    "raison"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "raison",
  "trace": ""
}

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