irrationnel

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin irratiōnālis. By surface analysis, ir- +‎ rationnel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl/

Adjective

irrationnel (feminine irrationnelle, masculine plural irrationnels, feminine plural irrationnelles)

1. irrational
2. (mathematics) irrational (of a number)

   Pi est un nombre irrationnel.

   Pi is an irrational number.

Descendants

• → Turkish: irrasyonel

Further reading

• “irrationnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.