hypotenusa

Borrowed from Latin hypotēnūsa. Cognate with Swedish hypotenusa, English hypotenuse, French hypoténuse, German Hypotenuse etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦipoːtəˈnyzaː/

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• Hyphenation: hy‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

hypotenusa f (plural hypotenusa's, diminutive hypotenusaatje n)

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

• → Indonesian: hipotenusa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hy.pɔ.teːˈnuː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.po.teˈnuː.s̬a]

hypotēnūsa f (genitive hypotēnūsae); first declension

1. (trigonometry) hypotenuse

First-declension noun.

• “hypŏtēnūsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hy̆pŏtēnūsa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin hypotēnūsa, hence cognate with Dutch hypotenusa, English hypotenuse (and obsolete hypothenusa), French hypoténuse, German Hypotenuse etc.

hypotenusa c

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

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