méthode
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French method, borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos, “pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system”), from μετά (metá, “after”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, motion, journey”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
méthode f (plural méthodes)
- method
- book, textbook
- une méthode de langue ― a language textbook
- une méthode de guitare ― a guitar textbook
- (object-oriented programming) method
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Persian: متد (metod)
- → Polish: metoda, metod, metodus, metodusz
- → Romanian: metodă
- → Turkish: metot
Further reading edit
- “méthode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.