subtrahend

English

Etymology

1670s, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“I pull out from under, I subtract”) (English subtract).

Surface analysis is subtract +‎ -end (“patient (recipient) of action”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbtɹəhɛnd/

Noun

subtrahend (plural subtrahends)

1. (arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.

   In the subtraction 10 − 4, 4 is the subtrahend.

Translations

A number or quantity to be subtracted from another

• Catalan: subtrahend m
• Cebuano: tigkuha or tagkuha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減數／减数 (jiǎnshù), 减数 (jiǎnshù)

• Czech: menšitel m
• Finnish: vähentäjä (fi)
• French: diminuteur (fr) m
• Georgian: მამცირი (mamciri), მაკლები (maḳlebi)
• German: Subtrahend m
• Hungarian: kivonandó
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: frádragi m
• Japanese: 減数 (gensū), 引く数 (hiku kazu)
• Korean: 감수 (gamsu), 뺌수 (ppaemsu)
• Maori: tau tango
• Polish: odjemnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: subtraendo m
• Russian: вычита́емое (ru) n (vyčitájemoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: umanjitelj (sh) m
• Spanish: sustraendo (es) m
• Tagalog: pamawas
• Turkish: çıkan (tr)

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Anagrams

• Bundesrath

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Catalan

Noun

subtrahend m (plural subtrahends)

1. (arithmetic) subtrahend (a number to be subtracted from another)

Further reading

• “subtrahend” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.