hypothesis

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• UK: /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/
  Play
• UK: /hɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/
  Play
• UK: /həˈpɒθɪsɪs/
  Play
• UK: /-əsəs/
  Play
• UK: /-əsɪs/
  Play
• US: [haɪˈphɑθəsɪs]
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -ɒθəsɪs
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: HH AY0 P AA1 TH AH0 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Recorded since 1596, from Middle French hypothese, from Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”, literally “a placing under”), itself from ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “to set before, suggest”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). Compare hypothec.

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hipotese — tentative conjecture in science
• Albanian: hipotezë — tentative conjecture in science
• Arabic: فَرْضِيَّة (farḍiyya) — tentative conjecture in science
• Armenian: վարկած (varkac) — tentative conjecture in science
• Armenian: հիպոթեզ (hipotʻez) — tentative conjecture in science
• Azerbaijani: hipotez — tentative conjecture in science
• Azerbaijani: fərziyyə — tentative conjecture in science
• Belarusian: гіпо́тэза (hipóteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Belarusian: прыпушчэ́нне (prypuščénnje) — tentative conjecture in science
• Belarusian: прыпушчэ́ньне (prypuščénʹnje) — tentative conjecture in science
• Bengali: অনুকল্প (onukolpo) — tentative conjecture in science
• Bulgarian: хипоте́за (hipotéza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Catalan: hipòtesi — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Cantonese: 假說 /假说 (gaa2 syut3) — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Cantonese: 假設 /假设 (gaa2 cit3) — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Cantonese: 假定 (gaa2 ding6) — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Mandarin: 假說 /假说 (jiǎshuō) — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Mandarin: 假設 /假设 (jiǎshè) — tentative conjecture in science
• Chinese Mandarin: 假定 (jiǎdìng) — tentative conjecture in science
• Czech: hypotéza — tentative conjecture in science
• Czech: domněnka — tentative conjecture in science
• Danish: hypotese — tentative conjecture in science
• Dutch: hypothese — tentative conjecture in science
• Dutch: stelling — tentative conjecture in science
• Esperanto: hipotezo — tentative conjecture in science
• Estonian: hüpotees — tentative conjecture in science
• Finnish: hypoteesi — tentative conjecture in science
• French: hypothèse — tentative conjecture in science
• Galician: hipótese — tentative conjecture in science
• Georgian: ჰიპოთეზა (hiṗoteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• German: Hypothese — tentative conjecture in science
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — tentative conjecture in science
• Hebrew: הִיפּוֹתֵזָה (hipotezá) — tentative conjecture in science
• Hebrew: הַשְׁעָרָה (hash'ará) — tentative conjecture in science
• Hindi: परिकल्पना (parikalpanā) — tentative conjecture in science
• Hungarian: hipotézis — tentative conjecture in science
• Icelandic: tilgáta — tentative conjecture in science
• Indonesian: hipotesis — tentative conjecture in science
• Irish: hipitéis — tentative conjecture in science
• Italian: ipotesi — tentative conjecture in science
• Japanese: 仮説 (kasetsu) — tentative conjecture in science
• Kazakh: гипотеза (gipoteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Kazakh: болжам (boljam) — tentative conjecture in science
• Khmer: សម្មតិកម្ម (sɑmmaʼtekam) — tentative conjecture in science
• Korean: 가설 (gaseol) — tentative conjecture in science
• Central Kurdish: گریمانە (grîmane) — tentative conjecture in science
• Northern Kurdish: hîpotez — tentative conjecture in science
• Northern Kurdish: feraziye — tentative conjecture in science
• Kyrgyz: гипотеза (gipoteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Lao: ສົມມຸດຕິຖານ (som mut ti thān) — tentative conjecture in science
• Latin: hypothesis — tentative conjecture in science
• Latvian: hipotēze — tentative conjecture in science
• Lithuanian: hipotezė — tentative conjecture in science
• Luxembourgish: Hypothees — tentative conjecture in science
• Macedonian: хипоте́за (hipotéza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Malay: hipotesis — tentative conjecture in science
• Mongolian: таамаглал (taamaglal) — tentative conjecture in science
• Mongolian: гипотез (gipotez) — tentative conjecture in science
• Norwegian Bokmål: hypotese — tentative conjecture in science
• Occitan: ipotèsis — tentative conjecture in science
• Pashto: فرضيه (farzya) — tentative conjecture in science
• Iranian Persian: فَرْضِیِه (farziye) — tentative conjecture in science
• Iranian Persian: اِنْگاشْتِه (engâšte) — tentative conjecture in science
• Iranian Persian: پِنْداشْتِه (pendâšte) — tentative conjecture in science
• Polish: hipoteza — tentative conjecture in science
• Polish: przypuszczenie — tentative conjecture in science
• Portuguese: hipótese — tentative conjecture in science
• Romanian: ipoteză — tentative conjecture in science
• Russian: гипо́теза (gipóteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — tentative conjecture in science
• Serbo-Croatian: хипоте́за — tentative conjecture in science
• Serbo-Croatian: hipotéza — tentative conjecture in science
• Slovak: domnienka — tentative conjecture in science
• Slovak: hypotéza — tentative conjecture in science
• Slovene: hipoteza — tentative conjecture in science
• Spanish: hipótesis — tentative conjecture in science
• Spanish: hipótesi — tentative conjecture in science
• Swedish: hypotes — tentative conjecture in science
• Tagalog: palagayin — tentative conjecture in science
• Tagalog: ipotesis — tentative conjecture in science
• Tajik: фарзия (farziya) — tentative conjecture in science
• Tajik: гипотеза (gipoteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Tatar: гипотеза (gipoteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Thai: สมมุติฐาน (sǒm-mút-dtì-tǎan) — tentative conjecture in science
• Turkish: hipotez — tentative conjecture in science
• Turkish: faraziye — tentative conjecture in science
• Turkish: varsayım — tentative conjecture in science
• Turkmen: gipoteza — tentative conjecture in science
• Ukrainian: гіпо́теза (hipóteza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Ukrainian: припу́щення (prypúščennja) — tentative conjecture in science
• Ukrainian: засно́вок (zasnóvok) — tentative conjecture in science
• Urdu: فَرْضِیَہ (farziya) — tentative conjecture in science
• Uyghur: گىپوتېزا (gipotëza) — tentative conjecture in science
• Uzbek: gipoteza — tentative conjecture in science
• Uzbek: faraziya — tentative conjecture in science
• Vietnamese: giả thuyết — tentative conjecture in science
• Afrikaans: hipotese — assumption taken to be true
• Belarusian: прыпушчэ́нне (prypuščénnje) — assumption taken to be true
• Belarusian: прыпушчэ́ньне (prypuščénʹnje) — assumption taken to be true
• Bulgarian: предположе́ние (predpoložénie) — assumption taken to be true
• Catalan: hipòtesi — assumption taken to be true
• Chinese Mandarin: 假設 /假设 (jiǎshè) — assumption taken to be true
• Chinese Mandarin: 假定 (jiǎdìng) — assumption taken to be true
• Chinese Mandarin: 假說 /假说 (jiǎshuō) — assumption taken to be true
• Chinese Mandarin: 前提 (qiántí) — assumption taken to be true
• Czech: hypotéza — assumption taken to be true
• Czech: domněnka — assumption taken to be true
• Danish: hypotese — assumption taken to be true
• Dutch: hypothese — assumption taken to be true
• Dutch: veronderstelling — assumption taken to be true
• Finnish: hypoteesi — assumption taken to be true
• Finnish: olettamus — assumption taken to be true
• Finnish: otaksuma — assumption taken to be true
• Galician: hipótese — assumption taken to be true
• German: Hypothese — assumption taken to be true
• Hebrew: הַנָּחָה (hanakhá) — assumption taken to be true
• Hungarian: feltevés — assumption taken to be true
• Hungarian: feltételezés — assumption taken to be true
• Italian: ipotesi — assumption taken to be true
• Japanese: 仮定 (katei) — assumption taken to be true
• Korean: 가정 (gajeong) — assumption taken to be true
• Central Kurdish: گریمانە (grîmane) — assumption taken to be true
• Polish: przypuszczenie — assumption taken to be true
• Portuguese: hipótese — assumption taken to be true
• Romanian: ipoteză — assumption taken to be true
• Romanian: prezumție — assumption taken to be true
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — assumption taken to be true
• Russian: гипо́теза (gipóteza) — assumption taken to be true
• Spanish: hipótesis — assumption taken to be true
• Spanish: hipótesi — assumption taken to be true
• Swedish: antagande — assumption taken to be true
• Tagalog: palagayin — assumption taken to be true
• Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — assumption taken to be true
• Ukrainian: припу́щення (prypúščennja) — assumption taken to be true
• Vietnamese: giả thiết — assumption taken to be true
• Vietnamese: giả định — assumption taken to be true
• Afrikaans: hipotese — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Catalan: hipòtesi — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 假設 /假设 (jiǎshè) — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Dutch: hypothese — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Finnish: hypoteesi — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Galician: hipótese — antecedent of a conditional statement
• German: Hypothese — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Korean: 가정법 (gajeongbeop) — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Portuguese: hipótese — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Romanian: ipoteză — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Spanish: hipótesis — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Spanish: hipótesi — antecedent of a conditional statement
• Tagalog: palagayin — antecedent of a conditional statement