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root¹

  • \ʁut\

Sounds like route

Where it comes from

De l’anglais root.

noun roots

  1. Anglicism Compte administrateur sur Unix. Cependant, seul le root peut modifier ce fichier.
  2. Anglicism Droits associés à la racine du système d’exploitation Unix.
  3. Anglicism, broadly Administrateur sur Unix.

adjective roots

  1. slang Rustique.

Root²

proper noun

  1. Commune du canton de Lucerne en Suisse.

In English

  • root person who manages accounts on a UNIX system
  • superuser user with complete access to an operating system

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MLA

"root." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/root. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

root. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/root

Chicago

"root." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/root.

BibTeX
@misc{root_2026,
  title = {root},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/root},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}