Pythagorean

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Pȳthagorēus (“pertaining to Pythagoras”) +‎ -an. Compare Pythagoric.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˌθaɡəˈɹiːən/

Noun

Pythagorean (plural Pythagoreans)

1. A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism. [from 16th c.]

Translations

follower of Pythagoras

• Czech: pythagorejec m, pythagorovec m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) pitagorano, (explicitly ♂) hipitagorano, (explicitly ♀) pitagoranino
• Finnish: pythagoralainen
• French: pythagoricien (fr) m, pythagoricienne (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Pythagoreer (de) m, Pythagoreerin f, (Austrian) Pythagoräer (de) m, (Austrian) Pythagoräerin f
• Italian: pitagorico (it) m
• Spanish: pitagórico m
• Volapük: (♂♀) pütagoran, (♂) hipütagoran, (♀) jipütagoran

Adjective

Pythagorean (comparative more Pythagorean, superlative most Pythagorean)

1. Pertaining to Pythagoras or his philosophy. [from 16th c.]
2. Following the lifestyle advocated by the Pythagoreans; specifically, vegetarian. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

terms derived from Pythagorean

• Pythagorean comma
• Pythagorean expectation
• Pythagorean extension
• Pythagorean field
• Pythagorean fraction
• Pythagorean hammers

• Pythagorean interval
• Pythagorean mean
• Pythagorean prime
• Pythagorean proposition
• Pythagorean quadruple
• Pythagorean scale
• Pythagorean square puzzle

• Pythagorean theorem
• Pythagorean triad
• Pythagorean triangle
• Pythagorean trigonometric identity
• Pythagorean triple
• Pythagorean tuning

Translations

of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy

• Catalan: pitagòric
• Czech: pythagorejský
• Esperanto: pitagora, pitagorisma, (♂♀) pitagorana, (explicitly ♂) hipitagorana, (explicitly ♀) jipitagorana
• Finnish: pythagoralainen
• French: pythagoricien (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: pythagoreisch, (Austrian) pythagoräisch
• Italian: pitagorico (it) m
• Spanish: pitagórico
• Swedish: pythagoreisk
• Volapük: (Pythagoras > Pütagoras >) pütagorasik, pütagorik, (♂♀) pütagoranik, (♂) hipütagoranik, (♀) jipütagoranik

See also

• Neopythagoreanism, Neo-Pythagoreanism