What does postulat in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word postulat in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use postulat in French.

The word postulat in French means postulate, premise, postulant, postulate, apply for, apply for, suppose, imagine. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word postulat

postulate

nom masculin (proposition acceptée sans démonstration)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a quinze postulats dans la géométrie euclidienne.
There are 15 propositions in Euclidean geometry.

premise

nom masculin (idée de base)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un des postulats du communisme est l'absence de notion de propriété.
One of the premises of communism is the absence of the idea of property.

postulant

nom masculin (période religieuse) (Religion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le postulat précède le noviciat.
Postulant leads to novitiate.

postulate

nom masculin (Suisse (vœu parlementaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après approbation, le postulat est transmis au pouvoir exécutif.
Once approved, the postulate is passed on to the executive power.

apply for

verbe transitif indirect (être candidat à un poste)

Mon cousin a postulé à ce poste de facteur.
My cousin applied for that job as a postman.

apply for

verbe transitif (demander une place)

Mon oncle a postulé un poste auprès de la gendarmerie nationale.
My uncle applied for a position with the police.

suppose, imagine

verbe transitif (soutenu (supposer [qch] comme vrai)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Postulons que vous gagnez au loto, que ferez-vous ?
Imagine you won the lottery, what would you do?

Let's learn French

So now that you know more about the meaning of postulat in French, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in French.

Do you know about French

French (le français) is a Romance language. Like Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, it comes from popular Latin, once used in the Roman Empire. A French-speaking person or country can be called a "Francophone". French is the official language in 29 countries. French is the fourth most spoken native language in the European Union. French ranks third in the EU, after English and German, and is the second most widely taught language after English. The majority of the world's French-speaking population lives in Africa, with about 141 million Africans from 34 countries and territories who can speak French as a first or second language. French is the second most widely spoken language in Canada, after English, and both are official languages at the federal level. It is the first language of 9.5 million people or 29% and the second language of 2.07 million people or 6% of the entire population of Canada. In contrast to other continents, French has no popularity in Asia. Currently, no country in Asia recognizes French as an official language.