hipótesis
Spanish
Alternative forms
- hipótesi (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈpotesis/ [iˈpo.t̪e.sis]
- Rhymes: -otesis
- Syllabification: hi‧pó‧te‧sis
Noun
hipótesis f (plural hipótesis)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “hipótesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025