different between rationale vs substance

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.???n??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.???næl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Latin rati?n?le.

Noun

rationale (plural rationales or rationalia)

1. An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A justification or rationalization for something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (explanation): reasoning, rationalization
• (justification): reasoning

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Latin rati?n?le.

Noun

rationale (plural rationales)

1. (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
   • 2015, Gregory Dipippo, "Rationale Worn by the Bishop of Eichstätt"[1]

     the local bishop, H.E. Gregor Maria Hanke, is shown wearing that rarest of liturgical garments, the rationale.

Translations

Anagrams

• alienator, taeniolar

Latin

Adjective

rati?n?le

1. nominative singular neuter of rati?n?lis (“rational, of reason”)
2. vocative singular neuter of rati?n?lis (“rational, of reason”)
3. accusative singular neuter of rati?n?lis (“rational, of reason”)

Noun

rati?n?le n (genitive rati?n?lis); third declension

1. The breastplate worn by Israelite high priests (Translation of ??????? (logeîon) or ?????? (lógion, “oracle”) in the Septuagint version of Exodus 28.)
   • Vulgate Bible, Exodus 28:15

     Rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta (And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skillful work; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shall you make it.)

2. a rationale worn by a bishop

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

References

• rationale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• rationale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Alternative forms

• substaunce (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?bst?ns/, [?s?bst?nts]

Noun

substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances)

1. Physical matter; material.
   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

   Synonyms: matter, stuff

2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.

   • Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.

   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth

     This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.

   • 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace

     It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.

   Synonyms: crux, gist

3. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

   • And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
5. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
6. Drugs (illegal narcotics)

   Synonyms: dope, gear

7. (theology) Hypostasis.

Synonyms

• (physical matter): See also Thesaurus:substance
• (essential part of anything): See also Thesaurus:gist
• (drugs): See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

Related terms

Translations

Verb

substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)

1. (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

See also

• style

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.st??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

substance f (plural substances)

1. substance

Derived terms

Further reading

• “substance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cubassent

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French substance.

Noun

substance

1. essence

Descendants

• English: substance

Old French

Alternative forms

• sostance, sustance

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantia.

Noun

substance f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)

1. most essential; substantial part
2. existence

Related terms

• substantiel

Descendants