Dictionary

hypotenuse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /haɪˈpɑtənus/ (US)
• /haɪˈpɑtənjus/ (US)
• /haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [haɪˈpɑʔənuːs] (US)
• [haɪˈpɒʔn̩juːz] (UK)
• (US) audio

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”).

Meanings

1. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Forms

Coordinates

cathetus

Deriveds

hypotenusal · non-hypotenuse number · nonhypotenuse

Relateds

hippopotamus (Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above) · hypothalamus (Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above)

Translations (53)

ko 빗변 (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ms hipotenus (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · de Hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · mk хипотену́за (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · cy llinell groes (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · fa وتر (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · nl schuine zijde (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · hi कर्ण (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · az hipotenuz (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · es hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · da hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · it ipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · he יתר (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ckb ژێ (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · sv hypotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · tl gilis (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · zh 弦 (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ms garis sendeng (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · my ထောင့်မှန်ခံအနား (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · nl hypotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ast hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ar وَتَر (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ar ضِلْع مُتَوَتِّر (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · cs přepona (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · el υποτείνουσα (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · uk гіпотену́за (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · fr hypoténuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ro ipotenuză (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · sh hipotenuza (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · io hipotenuzo (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ca hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ru гипотену́за (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · tr hipotenüs (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · pt hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ur وتر (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · km អ៊ីប៉ូតេនុស (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · gl hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · fi hypotenuusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · id hipotenusa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · mi tāroa (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · th ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · eo hipotenuzo (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · be гіпатэну́за (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · hu átfogó (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · vi cạnh huyền (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · cmn 斜邊 /斜边 (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · sk prepona (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · ja 斜辺 (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · mr कर्ण (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · pl przeciwprostokątna (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · hy ներքնաձիգ (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · bg хипотенуза (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) · is langhlið (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)