ortogonal

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ortogonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ortogonals)

1. orthogonal

Further reading

• “ortogonal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ortogonal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ortogonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ortogonal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French orthogonal, from Latin orthogonius, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογώνιος (orthogṓnios).

Adjective

ortogonal (masculine and feminine ortogonal, neuter ortogonalt, definite singular and plural ortogonale)

1. orthogonal

References

• “ortogonal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French orthogonal, from Latin orthogonius, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογώνιος (orthogṓnios).

Adjective

ortogonal (neuter ortogonalt, definite singular and plural ortogonale)

1. orthogonal

Portuguese

Etymology

By surface analysis, orto- +‎ -gono +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.to.ɡoˈnaw/ [oh.to.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.to.ɡoˈnaw/ [oh.to.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.to.ɡoˈnaw/ [oɾ.to.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.to.ɡoˈnaw/ [oχ.to.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻ.to.ɡoˈnaw/ [oɻ.to.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɔɾ.tɔ.ɣuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɔɾ.tɔ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɔɾ.tɔ.ɣuˈna.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: or‧to‧go‧nal

Adjective

ortogonal m or f (plural ortogonais)

1. (geometry) orthogonal (relating to or containing right angles)

   Synonym: perpendicular

Derived terms

• ortogonalmente

Further reading

• “ortogonal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ortogonal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orthogonal.

Adjective

ortogonal m or n (feminine singular ortogonală, masculine plural ortogonali, feminine/neuter plural ortogonale)

1. orthogonal

Declension

Declension of ortogonal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ortogonal		ortogonală		ortogonali	ortogonale
	definite	ortogonalul		ortogonala		ortogonalii	ortogonalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ortogonal		ortogonale		ortogonali	ortogonale
	definite	ortogonalului		ortogonalei		ortogonalilor	ortogonalelor

Related terms

• ortogonalitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾtoɡoˈnal/ [oɾ.t̪o.ɣ̞oˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: or‧to‧go‧nal

Adjective

ortogonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ortogonales)

1. orthogonal

Derived terms

• ortogonalmente

Further reading

• “ortogonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025