diagonal

See also: Diagonal

English

Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈæɡənəl/, /daɪˈæɡnəl/

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
3. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
   • 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell.

4. Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.

Synonyms

• (having a slanted or oblique direction): aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping

Derived terms

• diagonally
• diagonalization
• diagonal argument

Translations

geometry: joining two nonadjacent vertices

• Arabic: مَائِل (māʔil), قُطْرِيّ (ar) (quṭriyy)
• Bulgarian: диагона́лен (diagonálen)
• Catalan: diagonal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對角／对角 (zh) (duìjiǎo), 对角 (zh) (duìjiǎo)

• Czech: diagonální (cs)
• Dutch: diagonaal (nl)
• Esperanto: diagonala
• Finnish: lävistävä, diagonaalinen (fi)
• French: diagonale (fr)
• German: diagonal (de), schräg (de)
• Greek:

  Classical Greek: διαγώνιος (diagṓnios)

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• Hebrew: אלכסוני (alakhsony)
• Hungarian: átlós (hu)
• Italian: diagonale (it)
• Japanese: 筋交い (すじかい, sujikai), 対角 (たいかく, taikaku)
• Latin: diagonalis, diagonios
• Polish: przekątny, skośny (pl)
• Portuguese: diagonal (pt)
• Romanian: diagonal (ro)
• Russian: диагона́льный (ru) (diagonálʹnyj)
• Spanish: diagonal (es)
• Swedish: diagonal (sv)
• Tagalog: hilis

having a slanted or oblique direction

• Bulgarian: кос (bg) (kos)
• Catalan: diagonal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對角／对角 (zh) (duìjiǎo), 对角 (zh) (duìjiǎo)

• Dutch: diagonaal (nl)
• Finnish: vino (fi), viisto (fi), vinottainen
• Hebrew: אלכסוני (alakhsony)
• Hungarian: rézsútos (hu), ferde (hu)
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• Italian: diagonale (it)
• Macedonian: кос (kos)
• Portuguese: diagonal (pt)
• Romanian: diagonal (ro), oblic (ro), înclinat (ro)
• Russian: диагона́льный (ru) (diagonálʹnyj), косо́й (ru) (kosój)
• Spanish: diagonal (es)
• Swedish: diagonal (sv)

of, or relating the legs of quadruped

• Finnish: diagonaalinen (fi)
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• Swedish: diagonal (sv)

Noun

diagonal (plural diagonals)

1. (geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
2. Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:
   1. (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
   2. (fashion) A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
   3. (typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
      • 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:

        Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.

Synonyms

• (oblique line or cut across a fabric): bias
• (oblique punctuation mark): See slash

Antonyms

• (oblique punctuation mark): See backslash

Derived terms

• diagonal mark

Translations

something forming or resembling a diagonal line

• Bulgarian: диагонал (bg) m (diagonal)
• Dutch: diagonaal (nl)
• Finnish: diagonaali (fi)
• French: diagonale (fr) f
• German: Diagonale (de) f
• Italian: diagonale (it)
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• Maori: hōkai, hauroki
• Portuguese: diagonal (pt) f
• Romanian: diagonală (ro) f
• Russian: диагона́ль (ru) f (diagonálʹ)
• Swedish: diagonal (sv)

line or cut across a fabric

• Dutch: diagonaal (nl)
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slash — see slash

geometry: diagonal line or plane

• Bulgarian: диагонал (bg) m (diagonal)
• Catalan: diagonal (ca) f
• Czech: uhlopříčka f (only line?), diagonála f (only line?)
• Dutch: diagonaal (nl)
• Finnish: lävistäjä (fi)
• Hebrew: אלכסון (he) m (alakhson)
• Hungarian: átló (hu)
• Italian: diagonale (it)
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• Latin: linea diagonalis f, diagonalis f, diagonus m
• Maori: hauroki
• Navajo: dinéenáago ídzoh
• Portuguese: diagonal (pt) f
• Romanian: diagonală (ro) f
• Spanish: diagonal (es) f
• Swedish: diagonal (sv)
• Tagalog: hilis

Anagrams

• ganoidal, gonadial

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.ə.ɣuˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.ə.ɣoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.a.ɣoˈnal]

Adjective

diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonalment

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaɡonaːl/, [d̥iaɡ̊oˈnæːˀl]

Adjective

diagonal

1. diagonal

Inflection

Inflection of diagonal
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	diagonal	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	diagonalt	—	—2
Plural	diagonale	—	—2
Definite attributive1	diagonale	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

diagonal c (singular definite diagonalen, plural indefinite diagonaler)

1. diagonal

Declension

Declension of diagonal

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diagonal	diagonalen	diagonaler	diagonalerne
genitive	diagonals	diagonalens	diagonalers	diagonalernes

References

• “diagonal” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Adjective

diagonal (feminine diagonale, masculine plural diagonaux, feminine plural diagonales)

1. diagonal, transverse, oblique

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Galician

Adjective

diagonal m or f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal

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German

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. diagonal

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (geometry) diagonal (joining two nonadjacent vertices)
2. diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction)

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal (something arranged diagonally or obliquely)
2. (geometry) diagonal (diagonal line or plane)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonalmente
• matriz diagonal

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonal principal

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. diagonal

Declension

Inflection of diagonal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	diagonal	—	—
Neuter singular	diagonalt	—	—
Plural	diagonala	—	—
Masculine plural3	diagonale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	diagonale	—	—
All	diagonala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• diagonalt

Noun

diagonal c

1. diagonal

Declension

Declension of diagonal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diagonal	diagonalen	diagonaler	diagonalerna
Genitive	diagonals	diagonalens	diagonalers	diagonalernas

Derived terms

• diagonala