intersect

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈsɛkt/
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• General-American: /ɪntɚˈsɛkt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 S EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From inter- + sect.

From Latin intersecare (“to cut between, cut off”), from inter (“between”) + secare (“to cut”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَقَاطَعَ (taqāṭaʕa) — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Armenian: հատել (hatel) — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Armenian: հատվել (hatvel) — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Bulgarian: пресичам се (presičam se) — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Bulgarian: кръстосвам се (krǎstosvam se) — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Catalan: intersecar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Finnish: ristetä — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Finnish: leikata — to cross each other; to cut each other
• French: intersecter — to cross each other; to cut each other
• French: interséquer — to cross each other; to cut each other
• German: sich schneiden — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Ido: intersekar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Interlingua: intersecar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Italian: intersecare — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Māori: pūtahi — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Khiamniungan Naga: vìangthàh — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjære — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjennomskjære — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Polish: przecinać — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Polish: przecinać się — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Polish: krzyżować — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Polish: krzyżować się — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Portuguese: intersectar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Portuguese: intersetar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Spanish: intersecar — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Welsh: croestorri — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Welsh: trawstorri — to cross each other; to cut each other
• Bulgarian: пресичам (presičam) — in mathematics
• Catalan: intersecar — in mathematics
• Finnish: leikata — in mathematics
• French: intersecter — in mathematics
• French: interséquer — in mathematics
• German: sich schneiden — in mathematics
• Ido: intersekar — in mathematics
• Italian: intersecare — in mathematics
• Polish: przecinać — in mathematics
• Polish: przecinać się — in mathematics
• Portuguese: intersectar — in mathematics
• Portuguese: intersetar — in mathematics
• Spanish: intersecar — in mathematics
• Tagalog: bumagtas — in mathematics
• Welsh: croestorri — in mathematics
• Welsh: trawstorri — in mathematics