hypotenuse

See also: Hypotenuse and hypoténuse

English

Alternative forms

• hypothenuse

Etymology

From Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side subtending [the right angle]”), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/, [haɪˈpɒʔn̩juːz]
• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɑtənus/, /haɪˈpɑtənjus/, [haɪˈpɑʔənuːs]

Noun

hypotenuse (plural hypotenuses)

1. (geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

   Coordinate term: cathetus

Translations

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

• Arabic: وَتَر‎ (ar) m (watar)
• Armenian: ներքնաձիգ (hy) (nerkʿnajig)
• Azerbaijani: hipotenuz
• Belarusian: гіпатэну́за f (hipatenúza)
• Bulgarian: хипотенуза f (hipotenuza)
• Catalan: hipotenusa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜邊 (zh), 斜边 (zh) (xiébiān)

  Classical Chinese: 弦 (zh) (xián)

• Czech: přepona (cs) f
• Danish: hypotenuse c
• Dutch: hypotenusa (nl) m or f, schuine zijde m or f
• Esperanto: hipotenuzo
• Finnish: hypotenuusa (fi)
• French: hypoténuse (fr) f
• Galician: hipotenusa f
• German: Hypotenuse (de) f
• Greek: υποτείνουσα (el) f (ypoteínousa)
• Hebrew: יתר‎ (he) m (yéter)
• Hindi: कर्ण (hi) m (karṇ)
• Hungarian: átfogó (hu)
• Icelandic: langhlið f
• Ido: hipotenuzo (io)
• Indonesian: hipotenusa (id)
• Italian: ipotenusa (it) f
• Japanese: 斜辺 (ja) (しゃへん, shahen)
• Korean: 빗변 (bitbyeon)
• Macedonian: хипотену́за f (hipotenúza)
• Malay: garis sendeng, hipotenus (ms)
• Persian: وتر‎ (fa) (vatar)
• Polish: przeciwprostokątna (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipotenusa (pt) f
• Romanian: ipotenuză (ro) f
• Russian: гипотену́за (ru) f (gipotenúza)
• Serbo-Croatian: hipotenuza (sh) f
• Spanish: hipotenusa (es) f
• Swedish: hypotenusa (sv) c
• Tagalog: gilis
• Thai: ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก (dâan-dtrong-kâam-mum-chàak)
• Turkish: hipotenüs (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіпотену́за f (hipotenúza)
• Urdu: وتر‎ (ur) m (vatar)
• Vietnamese: cạnh huyền (vi)
• Welsh: llinell groes f

See also

Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above

• hippopotamus
• hypothalamus