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/sjɑ̃.ti.fik/

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Translation

scientific

Word origin

From Late Latin scientificus, from scientia ('knowledge') and facere ('to make'). English 'scientific' comes from the same Latin coinage.

Origin
Latin
Root
scientificus
English cognates
scientific, science, conscience

Grammar

Masc pluralscientifiques

Examples

cinquante .

The journal has been publishing scientific articles for fifty years.

' cette .

There is no scientific proof of that theory.

soeur filière au .

My sister chose a science stream at secondary school.

L' Antarctique.

The scientific team works at a station in Antarctica.

documentaire .

This documentary explains the scientific method very simply.

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This word is part of lesson 28.