"ratio" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈrat.t͡sjo/
Rhymes: -attsjo Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō (“reason, explanation”). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:lbor|la:ratiō<t:reason, explanation>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "reason, explanation", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to fit", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂er-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "inchoative suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₁ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂reh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*rēōr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "reor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ratus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ratiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "ratio", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="ratio">, {{lbor|it|la|ratiō||reason, explanation}} Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō (“reason, explanation”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f|-}} ratio f (uncountable)
  1. reason, motive Tags: feminine, uncountable Synonyms: motivazione, motivo, ragione
    Sense id: en-ratio-it-noun-qpAKr2dn Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian nouns with irregular gender, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with irregular gender: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 3 8 7 7 2 14 20 2 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 25 3 7 7 7 2 15 21 2 9 2
  2. expedient Tags: feminine, uncountable Synonyms: espediente
    Sense id: en-ratio-it-noun-v15XCmeN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ragione, razione
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