cotangent

English

Cotangent function

Etymology

co- +‎ tangent

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: 'kōtănjənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊˌtænd͡ʒənt/

Noun

cotangent (plural cotangents)

1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn

Derived terms

• arc cotangent

 

Translations

trigonometric function

• Afrikaans: kotangens, kotangense pl
• Arabic: ظِلّ اَلتَّمَام m (ẓill at-tamām)
• Catalan: cotangent f
• Cebuano: kaliras
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餘切／余切 (yúqiē)

• Czech: kotangens (cs) m
• Finnish: kotangentti
• French: cotangente (fr) m
• Galician: cotanxente f
• German: Kotangens m
• Greek: συνεφαπτομένη (el) f (synefaptoméni)
• Hebrew: קוטנגנס (he) m (kotangens)
• Hungarian: kotangens (hu)
• Italian: cotangente (it) f
• Japanese: 余接 (よせつ, yosetsu), コタンジェント (kotanjento)
• Khmer: កូតង់សង់ (koutɑngsɑng)
• Manx: co-hanjent m
• Norwegian: cotangens m
• Polish: cotangens (pl) m, kotangens (pl) m
• Portuguese: co-tangente (pt) f
• Romanian: cotangentă (ro) f
• Russian: кота́нгенс (ru) m (kotángens)
• Spanish: cotangente f
• Swedish: cotangent (sv) c
• Tagalog: katanway
• Thai: โคแทนเจนต์
• Turkish: kotanjant
• Vietnamese: côtang

Catalan

Etymology

From co- +‎ tangent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.təɲˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.təɲˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.taɲˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

cotangent f (plural cotangents)

1. (trigonometry) cotangent

Derived terms

• arccotangent

Further reading

• “cotangent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Swedish

Noun

cotangent c

1. (trigonometry) cotangent

Declension

Declension of cotangent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cotangent	cotangenten	cotangenter	cotangenterna
Genitive	cotangents	cotangentens	cotangenters	cotangenternas