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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan rahó~rasó~razó~razon, from Latin ratiōnem. Doublet of ració, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
raó f (plural raons)
- reason, motive
- reason (human faculty)
- (mathematics) ratio
Derived terms
References
- “raó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “raó” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.