Euclid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːklɪd/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈjuklɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈjʉːklɪd/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈjʉːkləd/

Proper noun

Euclid

1. Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
3. A city in Ohio.
4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Derived terms

• South Euclid

Related terms

• Euclidean
• Euclid's algorithm
• Euclid's function

Translations

Greek mathematician

• Arabic: إِقْلِيدِس m (ʔiqlīdis)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: ইউক্লিড (iukliḍ)
• Bulgarian: Евклид m (Evklid)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歐幾里得 / 欧几里得 (au¹ gei¹ lei⁵ dak¹)

  Mandarin: 歐幾里得 / 欧几里得 (zh) (Ōujīlǐdé)

• Czech: Eukleidés m, Euklides m
• Esperanto: Eŭklido
• Finnish: Eukleides
• French: Euclide (fr) m
• German: Euklid (de) m
• Hindi: उकलैदिस (hi) (uklaidis)
• Hungarian: Eukleidész (hu)
• Icelandic: Evklíð m
• Italian: Euclide m
• Japanese: ユークリッド (ja) (yūkuriddo), エウクレイデス (ja) (eukureidesu)
• Khmer: អឺគ្លីត (ʼəɨkliit)
• Korean: 유클리드 (yukeullideu), 에우클레이데스 (e'ukeulleideseu)
• Latin: Euclides
• Persian: اقلیدس (fa) (oqlides)
• Portuguese: Euclides m
• Russian: Евкли́д (ru) m (Jevklíd), Эвкли́д (ru) m (Evklíd)
• Spanish: Euclides m
• Swedish: Euklides
• Tagalog: Euklides
• Turkish: Öklid
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

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