tangente

Borrowed from Latin tangēntem, an ellipsis of [līnea] tangēns, "touching line".

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t/

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tangente f (plural tangentes)

1. (trigonometry) tangent (trigonometric function)
2. (geometry) tangent

• prendre la tangente

• cosécante
• cosinus
• cotangente
• sécante
• sinus

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

Inherited from Latin tangentem, borrowed in the mathematical senses.

• IPA^(key): /tanˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: tan‧gèn‧te

tangente m or f (plural tangenti)

1. tangent, tangential

tangente f (plural tangenti)

1. (geometry, trigonometry) tangent
2. (colloquial) cut, rake-off, kickback, bribe, backhander

   Synonyms: bustarella, mazzetta

3. share, quota

tangente m or f (plural tangenti)

1. present participle of tangere

tangente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of tangēns

Learned borrowing from Latin tangentem.

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• Hyphenation: tan‧gen‧te

tangente m or f (plural tangentes)

1. tangential (merely touching)
2. (geometry) tangent

tangente f (plural tangentes)

1. (trigonometry) tangent

Borrowed from Latin tangentem.

• IPA^(key): /tanˈxente/ [t̪ãŋˈxẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: tan‧gen‧te

tangente m or f (masculine and feminine plural tangentes)

1. (geometry) tangent

tangente f (plural tangentes)

1. (trigonometry) tangent

• “tangente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024