raison

/ʁɛzɔ̃/

noun #202 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

reason, right

Grammar

Gender

Examples

, l'.

You are absolutely right, we should have planned for that in advance.

Quelle absence ' ?

What is the reason for your absence at yesterday morning's meeting?

valable, surpris .

He acted without valid reason, which surprised everyone.

Raison couvre deux sens majeurs : reason (motif, cause) et être dans le vrai (avoir raison = to be right). Avoir raison (to be right) s'oppose à avoir tort (to be wrong) - ces deux constructions avec avoir sont fondamentales. Donner raison à quelqu'un (to agree that someone is right) est une concession.

Pour quelle raison (for what reason) introduit une question formelle. À juste raison (rightly so, with good reason) et sans raison (for no reason, unreasonably) sont des locutions adverbiales courantes. En raison de (because of, due to) est une préposition causale fréquente dans les communications officielles.

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