ratio

English

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Etymology

From Latin ratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɻeɪ.ʃiˌoʊ/

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Noun

ratio (plural ratios)

1. A number representing a comparison between two things.
2. (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. (law) Short for ratio decidendi.

Related terms

• ratio decidendi
• obiter
• obiter dictum

Translations

number representing comparison

• Czech: poměr (cs) m
• Finnish: suhde (fi), suhdeluku (fi)
• French: rapport m (1), ratio (fr) m
• Greek: λόγος (el) m (lógos) (lógos) (number representing comparison)
• Hungarian: arány (hu)
• Icelandic: hlutfallstala f, hlutfall n, hlutfall milli tveggja stærða n
• Italian: ragione (it) f, rapporto (it) m
• Malayalam: അനുപാതം (anupaatham)

• Norwegian: forhold (no) n
• Polish: współczynnik m, stosunek m
• Portuguese: razão (pt) f
• Russian: отношение (ru) (otnošénije) n , соотношение (ru) (sootnošénije) n 
• Spanish: razón (es) f, cociente (es) m, relación (es) f, proporción (es) f
• Swahili: uwiano (sw)
• Telugu: నిష్పత్తి (nishpatti)

math: relative magnitude of two quantities expressed as quotient

• Finnish: suhde (fi)
• French: rapport (fr) m

• Lojban: parbi (jbo)
• Russian: коэффициент (ru) (koefficiɛ́nt) m 

ratio decidendi — see ratio decidendi

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French

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Noun

ratio m (plural ratios)

1. ratio

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Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈratioː/

Etymology

From rat- (“"thought", from perfect participle of reor”) +‎ -iō

Noun

ratiō (genitive ratiōnis); f, third declension

1. reason
2. calculation

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ratiō	ratiōnēs
genitive	ratiōnis	ratiōnum
dative	ratiōnī	ratiōnibus
accusative	ratiōnem	ratiōnēs
ablative	ratiōne	ratiōnibus
vocative	ratiō	ratiōnēs

Descendants

Albanian: arësye Catalan: raó, ració Dalmatian: rasaun English: ratio, reason, ration French: raison, ration Friulian: reson Italian: ragione, razione

Occitan: rason Portuguese: razão Romanian: rațiune Romansch: raschun Sardinian: rajòne Spanish: razón, ración Venetian: raxon

See also

• prōportiō