reciprocal

English

Etymology

From Latin reciprocus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

reciprocal (not comparable)

1. Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
2. Something that is contrary or opposite.

Synonyms

• mutual, two-way
• contrary, opposite, converse, inverse, inverted, cross
• See also Wikisaurus:contrary

Related terms

• reciprocity

Translations

done by each of two people towards the other

• Catalan: recíproc (ca), mutu (ca)
• Danish: reciprok (da)
• Finnish: vastavuoroinen (fi)
• French: réciproque (fr) m and f
• German: gegenseitig (de), reziprok (de)
• Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos)
• Hebrew: הדדי (he) (hadadi)
• Lithuanian: savitarpinis (lt)

• Polish: wzajemny (pl)
• Portuguese: recíproco (pt)
• Romanian: reciproc (ro)
• Russian: взаимный (ru) (vzaímnyj), обоюдный (ru) (obojúdnyj)
• Spanish: mutuo (es), recíproco (es)
• Volapük: rezipik (vo)

in the contrary or opposite way

• Catalan: al revés (ca), a l'inrevés (ca)
• Finnish: päinvastainen (fi)
• German: entgegengesetzt (de), umgekehrt (de)

• Polish: odwrotny (pl)
• Russian: обратный (ru) (obrátnyj)
• Spanish: al revés (es)

Noun

reciprocal (plural reciprocals)

1. (arithmetic) Of a number, the number obtained by dividing 1 by the given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

   0.5 is the reciprocal of 2.

Synonyms

• (in arithmetic): multiplicative inverse

Translations

in mathematics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倒数 (cmn)

• Finnish: käänteisluku (fi)
• French: inverse (fr) f
• German: Kehrwert (de) m

• Icelandic: umhverfa (is) f, margföldunarumhverfa (is) f, margföldunarandhverfa (is) f
• Japanese: 逆数 (ja) (gyakusū)
• Polish: odwrotność (pl) f
• Portuguese: recíproca (pt) f
• Russian: обратная величина (ru) (obratnaja veličina) f
• Swedish: invers (sv) c