hypotenuse

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• UK: /haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/
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• US: /haɪˈpɑtənus/
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• US: /haɪˈpɑtənjus/
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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”).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَتَر (watar) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Armenian: ներքնաձիգ (nerkʻnajig) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Asturian: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Azerbaijani: hipotenuz — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Belarusian: гіпатэну́за (hipatenúza) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Bulgarian: хипотенуза (hipotenuza) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Burmese: ထောင့်မှန်ခံအနား (htaung.hmanhkam-a.na:) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Catalan: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Classical Chinese: 弦 (xián) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Chinese Mandarin: 斜邊 /斜边 (xiébiān) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Czech: přepona — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Danish: hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Dutch: hypotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Dutch: schuine zijde — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Esperanto: hipotenuzo — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Finnish: hypotenuusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• French: hypoténuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Galician: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• German: Hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Greek: υποτείνουσα (ypoteínousa) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Hebrew: יתר (yéter) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Hindi: कर्ण (karṇ) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Hungarian: átfogó — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Icelandic: langhlið — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Ido: hipotenuzo — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Indonesian: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Italian: ipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Japanese: 斜辺 (shahen) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Khmer: អ៊ីប៉ូតេនុស (ʼiipouteenuh) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Korean: 빗변 (bitbyeon) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Central Kurdish: ژێ (jê) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Macedonian: хипотену́за (hipotenúza) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Malay: garis sendeng — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Malay: hipotenus — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Māori: tāroa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Marathi: कर्ण (karṇa) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Persian: وتر (vatar) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Polish: przeciwprostokątna — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Portuguese: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Romanian: ipotenuză — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Russian: гипотену́за (gipotenúza) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Serbo-Croatian: hipotenuza — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Slovak: prepona — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Spanish: hipotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Swedish: hypotenusa — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Tagalog: gilis — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Thai: ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก (dâan-dtrong-kâam-mum-chàak) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Turkish: hipotenüs — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Ukrainian: гіпотену́за (hipotenúza) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Urdu: وتر (vatar) — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Vietnamese: cạnh huyền — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
• Welsh: llinell groes — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle