vecteur

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vector.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛk.tœʁ/

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Adjective

vecteur (feminine vectrice, masculine plural vecteurs, feminine plural vectrices)

1. disease-carrying

Noun

vecteur m (plural vecteurs)

1. disease-carrier, vector
2. (mathematics) vector (a directed quantity)

Derived terms

• vecteur propre

Further reading

• “vecteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012