raciocini

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ratiōcinium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.si.uˈsi.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ra.si.oˈsi.ni]

Noun

raciocini m (plural raciocinis)

1. (uncountable) reason
2. (countable) act of reasoning, deliberation
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 16, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     La història del far no era la d'un raciocini perfecte.

     The history of the lighthouse was not that of a perfect act of reasoning.

Related terms

• raciocinar

Further reading

• “raciocini” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “raciocini”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2

Verb

raciocini

1. inflection of raciocinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative