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Summary

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arbitrary:
- arbitraire; quelconque; au hasard; de façon arbitraire; arbitrairement
Wiktionary:
- arbitrary → arbitraire, quelconque
- arbitrary → arbitraire, quelconque, choix

English

Detailed Translations for arbitrary from English to French

arbitrary:

arbitrary adj

arbitrary (random; indiscriminate; capricious; whimsical; high-handed)
arbitraire; quelconque; au hasard; de façon arbitraire; arbitrairement
- arbitraire adj
- quelconque adj
- au hasard adj
- de façon arbitraire adj
- arbitrairement adj

Translation Matrix for arbitrary:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
arbitraire		arbitrariness
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	high-handed; wilful; willful
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
arbitraire	arbitrary; capricious; high-handed; indiscriminate; random; whimsical	rash; self-opinionated; self-willed; unthinkingly
arbitrairement	arbitrary; capricious; high-handed; indiscriminate; random; whimsical	self-opinionated; self-willed
au hasard	arbitrary; capricious; high-handed; indiscriminate; random; whimsical	at haphazard; by surprise; chaotic; haphazard; random; scattered; sudden; suddenly; unexpected; wild; without pattern; without warning
de façon arbitraire	arbitrary; capricious; high-handed; indiscriminate; random; whimsical
quelconque	arbitrary; capricious; high-handed; indiscriminate; random; whimsical

Related Words for "arbitrary":

arbitrariness

Synonyms for "arbitrary":

absolute; capricious; impulsive; whimsical; discretionary; discretional

Antonyms for "arbitrary":

nonarbitrary

Related Definitions for "arbitrary":

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice¹
- an arbitrary decision¹
- the arbitrary rule of a dictator¹
- an arbitrary penalty¹
- of arbitrary size and shape¹
- an arbitrary choice¹
- arbitrary division of the group into halves¹

Wiktionary Translations for arbitrary:

arbitrary

adjective

chosen at random
- arbitrary → arbitraire
(mathematics)
- arbitrary → quelconque
determined by impulse
- arbitrary → arbitraire
based on individual discretion or judgment
- arbitrary → arbitraire

arbitrary

adjective

Qui produire par la seule volonté de l’homme, sans avoir de règle ni de fondement naturel.
- arbitraire → arbitrary
(vieilli) quel que ce soit ; quel qu’il soit, quelle qu’elle soit. — note Employé avec la négation, il se placer toujours après le nom.
- quelconque → any; any at all; some kind of; one; arbitrary

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• arbitrary	→ arbitraire	↔ arbitrair — willekeurig
• arbitrary	→ arbitraire	↔ arbiträr — willkürlich, beliebig, dem Ermessen überlassen
• arbitrary	→ quelconque; choix; arbitraire	↔ beliebig — frei aus vorhandenen Möglichkeiten auswählbar
• arbitrary	→ arbitraire	↔ willkürlich — nur seinem Willen folgend, diktatorisch (Urteile, Entscheidungen)

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