What does radical in French mean?

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

The word radical in French means radical, radical, extreme, drastic, radical, extreme, radical, stem, root, Radical Party, free radical, free radical, free radical, Radical Socialists, radical treatment, drastic treatment. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word radical

radical

adjectif (sans concession)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les mesures annoncées sont pour le moins radicales et risquent de susciter la colère.
The measures announced are drastic, to say the least, and are likely to arouse anger.

radical, extreme, drastic

adjectif (total, complet)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Une transformation radicale de société eut lieu après 1968.
A radical transformation of society took place after 1968.

radical, extreme

adjectif (Politique : relatif à un parti radical)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Bizarrement, les partis radicaux se trouvent souvent au centre de l'échiquier politique.
Strangely, radical parties often find themselves in the middle of the political spectrum.

radical

(Politique : membre d'un parti radical) (Politics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet homme politique est un radical de gauche.
That politician is a left-wing radical.

stem

nom masculin (Linguistique : racine) (Linguistics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le radical d'un verbe régulier du premier groupe s'obtient en supprimant la terminaison.
The stem of a regular verb belonging to the first group is found by removing the ending.

root

adjectif (relatif à la racine d'une plante)

(noun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood.")
Ce scientifique étudie les échanges radicaux des cellules des tomates.
This scientist is studying root exchange in the cells of tomato plants.

Radical Party

nom masculin (parti centriste)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le parti radical n'a que peu d'influence en France.

free radical

nom masculin (Bhimie : radical) (Chemistry: usually plural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

free radical

nom masculin (biochimie : molécule, atome ou ion) (Biochemistry: usually plural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

free radical

nom masculin (biologie : dérivé de l'oxygène) (Biology: usually plural)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Radical Socialists

nom masculin (parti politique français) (French politics)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

radical treatment, drastic treatment

nom masculin (familier (action rigoureuse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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