hipotenusa

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [i.pu.təˈnu.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [i.po.təˈnu.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [i.po.teˈnu.za]

Noun

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenuses)

  1. hypotenuse

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hypotenusa,[1] from Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side subtending [the right angle]”), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hipotəˈnusa/
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun

hipotenusa (plural hipotenusa-hipotenusa)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

Alternative forms

  • هيڤوتينوس (hipoténus) (Standard Malay)

References

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.po.teˈnu.zɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.po.teˈnu.za/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.pɔ.tɨˈnu.zɐ/

  • Rhymes: -uzɐ
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ipoteˈnusa/ [i.po.t̪eˈnu.sa]
  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

Derived terms

Further reading

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