Résultat

Résultat is a French noun meaning the outcome, result, or consequence of a process, action, event, calculation, or investigation. It denotes what is obtained, proved, or concluded as a consequence of something else. The plural form is résultats, and the word is masculine: un résultat, des résultats.

Etymology and cognates: the term comes from the verb résulter, which in turn derives from Latin resultare meaning to spring back or to be produced as a consequence. The French word has many cognates in Romance languages, such as Spanish resultado, Italian risultato, Portuguese resultado, and Romanian rezultat. The English word result shares a common lineage with these terms.

Usage across domains: in mathematics and computing, the result is the value produced by a calculation or operation; in science, experiments report results; in sports and elections, the term refers to the final outcome or score. In everyday language, résultat can describe the end product of a process, for example, “les résultats du test” (the test results) or “le résultat final.”

Common phrases and variants: phrases such as résultat net (net result), résultat attendu (expected result), and résultats de recherche (search results) are frequent in French. In education and policy, one may speak of learning outcomes as résultats d’apprentissage, emphasizing what a learner has achieved. The term remains neutral, focusing on the end state rather than causal factors, which may be expressed with words like cause or effet when nuance is required.