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feminine

/me.tɔd/

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Translation

method, approach

Word origin

From Latin methodus, borrowed from Greek methodos ('pursuit, way of investigating'), built from meta- ('after, in pursuit of') and hodos ('way, road'). English 'method' comes from the same source, and hodos also sits inside 'exodus' and 'period'.

Origin
Greek
Root
methodos
English cognates
method, exodus, period

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralméthodes

Examples

Cette débutants.

This method works very well with beginners.

, .

He works without any method, and it shows.

.

We changed our approach after the first failure.

Quelle - vocabulaire ?

What method do you use to learn vocabulary?

l'observation .

The scientific method rests on observation and measurement.

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This word is part of lesson 38.