analyse

analyse

See also: Analyse and analysé

English

Verb

analyse (third-person singular simple present analyses, present participle analysing, simple past and past participle analysed)

  1. British standard spelling of analyze.
    • 2025 April 18, “Scientists detect strong evidence of life on an alien planet”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 18 April 2025[2]:
      By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, to unravel, investigate), from ἀνά (aná, on, up) + λύω (lúō, to loosen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːnaːˈliːzə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ana‧ly‧se
  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

analyse f (plural analyses or analysen, diminutive analysetje n)

  1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
  2. (mathematics) analysis (mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals)

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: analise
  • Indonesian: analisaanalisis

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).

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    Noun

    analyse f (plural analyses)

    1. analysis
      Antonym: synthèse

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    Verb

    analyse

    1. inflection of analyser:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Latin

    Noun

    analyse

    1. ablative singular of analysis

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, dissolution), from ἀνα- (ana-, up, throughout) + λύσις (lúsis, loosening).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    analyse m (definite singular analysen, indefinite plural analyser, definite plural analysene)

    1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
      I dag skal vi utføre en analyse av denne prøven.
      Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.
      Hun kom med en skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.
      She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, dissolution), from ἀνα- (ana-, up, throughout) + λύσις (lúsis, loosening).

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Standard East Norwegian):(file)

    Noun

    analyse m (definite singular analysen, indefinite plural analysar, definite plural analysane)

    1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
      I dag skal vi utføre ein analyse av denne prøva.
      Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.
      Ho kom med ein skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.
      She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

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