different between refuser vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

refuse +? -er

Noun

refuser (plural refusers)

1. One who refuses.

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *refus?re, present active infinitive of *refus?, from a blend of Latin refut? and recus?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fy.ze/

Verb

refuser

1. to refuse

Conjugation

Antonyms

• accepter

Derived terms

• Salon des Refusés

Related terms

• refus

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *refusare.

Verb

refuser

1. to refuse

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• ? English: refuse
• French: refuser
• Norman: r'fuser (Jersey)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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