arbitraire – French adjective declension

French adjective forms of arbitraire

Adjective: arbitraire

Hyphenation:
Singular m.arbitraire
Singular f.arbitraire
Plural m.arbitraires
Plural f.arbitraires

Sample Sentences

  • 1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 13 (An arbitrary act, condemned by all members, seems to me to have awakened this desire for revenge which for years killed all sympathetic feelings for us in the breast of the man in question.)
  • Même à l’heure où elle se manifestait par cette grâce, la conduite de mon père à mon égard gardait ce quelque chose d’arbitraire et d’immérité qui la caractérisait et qui tenait à ce que généralement elle résultait plutôt de convenances fortuites que d’un plan prémédité. (Even at the moment when it manifested itself in this crowning mercy, my father's conduct towards me was still somewhat arbitrary, and regardless of my deserts, as was characteristic of him and due to the fact that his actions were generally dictated by chance expediencies rather than based on any formal plan.) [1913, Marcel Proust, chapter 1, in Du côté de chez Swann [Swann's Way] (À la recherche du temps perdu):]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbitrārius. See: Latin Adjectives 'arbitrārius'.

Verbs referencing "arbitraire"

German Adjectives arbiträr, Romanian Adjectives arbitrar, Dutch Adjectives arbitrair, Finnish Adjectives arbiträärinen.

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