catégorie

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

catégorie

from the Latin categoria, derived from the ancient Greek derived from and . le bailly only mentions the sense of 'accusation', in Latin cătēgŏrĭa only takes on its modern meaning late, in Augustine of Hippo and Isidore of Seville who translates the Greek word by praedicamentum ('predicate'), a sense due to the categories of Aristotle, a fundamental work of Hellenistic philosophy that lays the foundations of thought and philosophical discourse.

Definitions

logique
sport
mathématiques

Plural

catégories

Translations

  • germangerman:Kategorie
  • englishenglish:category
  • spanishspanish:categoría
  • hindihindi:श्रेणी
  • italianitalian:categoria
  • dutchdutch:categorie
  • portugueseportuguese:categoria
  • swedishswedish:kategori
  • turkishturkish:sınıf

See also

catégoriser (v.) catégoriel (adj.) catégorique (adj.) catégorisation (cn.)