perpendicular

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: pû"pəndĭ'kyələ r
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌpɝ.pənˈdɪk.ju.lɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌpɝ.pənˈdɪk.jə.lɚ/
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• Australian: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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• New-Zealand: /ˌpøː.pənˈdək.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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• rhymes with -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER2 P AH0 N D IH1 K Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Derived from Middle French perpendiculaire, from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَمُودِيّ (ʕamūdiyy) — at or forming a right angle to
• Arabic: رَأْسِيّ (raʔsiyy) — at or forming a right angle to
• Armenian: ուղղահայաց (uġġahayacʻ) — at or forming a right angle to
• Belarusian: перпендыкуля́рны (pjerpjendykuljárny) — at or forming a right angle to
• Bulgarian: перпендикуля́рен (perpendikuljáren) — at or forming a right angle to
• Catalan: perpendicular — at or forming a right angle to
• Chinese Mandarin: 垂直 (chuízhí) — at or forming a right angle to
• Czech: kolmý — at or forming a right angle to
• Danish: vinkelret — at or forming a right angle to
• Dutch: loodrecht — at or forming a right angle to
• Dutch: haaks — at or forming a right angle to
• Dutch: perpendiculair — at or forming a right angle to
• Esperanto: perpendikulara — at or forming a right angle to
• Estonian: risti — at or forming a right angle to
• Finnish: kohtisuora — at or forming a right angle to
• Finnish: kohtisuorassa — at or forming a right angle to
• Finnish: pystysuorassa — at or forming a right angle to
• French: perpendiculaire — at or forming a right angle to
• West-Frisian: leadrjocht — at or forming a right angle to
• Galician: perpendicular — at or forming a right angle to
• Georgian: პერპენდიკულარული (ṗerṗendiḳularuli) — at or forming a right angle to
• Georgian: მართობი (martobi) — at or forming a right angle to
• German: rechtwinklig — at or forming a right angle to
• German: lotrecht — at or forming a right angle to
• German: senkrecht — at or forming a right angle to
• German: perpendikular — at or forming a right angle to
• German: perpendikulär — at or forming a right angle to
• Greek: κάθετος (káthetos) — at or forming a right angle to
• Hebrew: מאונך \ מְאֻנָךְ (meunákh) — at or forming a right angle to
• Hebrew: ניצב \ נִצָּב (nitsáv) — at or forming a right angle to
• Hungarian: merőleges — at or forming a right angle to
• Indonesian: tegak lurus — at or forming a right angle to
• Italian: perpendicolare — at or forming a right angle to
• Japanese: 垂直の (suichoku no) — at or forming a right angle to
• Japanese: 縦の (tate no) — at or forming a right angle to
• Japanese: 直立の (chokuritsu no) — at or forming a right angle to
• Kazakh: перпендикуляр (perpendikulär) — at or forming a right angle to
• Korean: 수직의 (sujigui) — at or forming a right angle to
• Latin: perpendiculāris — at or forming a right angle to
• Latvian: perpendikulārs — at or forming a right angle to
• Malay: serenjang — at or forming a right angle to
• Māori: hāngai — at or forming a right angle to
• Norwegian Bokmål: loddrett — at or forming a right angle to
• Norwegian Nynorsk: loddrett — at or forming a right angle to
• Persian: عمودی ('amudi) — at or forming a right angle to
• Polish: prostopadły — at or forming a right angle to
• Portuguese: perpendicular — at or forming a right angle to
• Romanian: perpendicular — at or forming a right angle to
• Russian: перпендикуля́рный (perpendikuljárnyj) — at or forming a right angle to
• Sanskrit: लम्ब (lamba) — at or forming a right angle to
• Slovak: kolmý — at or forming a right angle to
• Spanish: perpendicular — at or forming a right angle to
• Swedish: vinkelrät — at or forming a right angle to
• Tagalog: tadlong — at or forming a right angle to
• Thai: ตั้งฉาก (táng-chàak) — at or forming a right angle to
• Turkish: dik — at or forming a right angle to
• Ukrainian: перпендикуля́рний (perpendykuljárnyj) — at or forming a right angle to
• Ukrainian: простопа́дний (prostopádnyj) — at or forming a right angle to
• Welsh: perpendiciwlar — at or forming a right angle to
• Bulgarian: перпендикуляр (perpendikuljar) — line or plane
• Catalan: perpendicular — line or plane
• Chinese Mandarin: 垂綫 /垂线 (chuíxiàn) — line or plane
• Chinese Mandarin: 垂面 — line or plane
• Czech: kolmice — line or plane
• Dutch: loodlijn — line or plane
• Finnish: kohtisuora — line or plane
• French: perpendiculaire — line or plane
• West-Frisian: leadline — line or plane
• Georgian: პერპენდიკულარი (ṗerṗendiḳulari) — line or plane
• Georgian: მართობი (martobi) — line or plane
• German: Lotrechte — line or plane
• German: Senkrechte — line or plane
• Hebrew: מאונך \ מְאֻנָךְ (meunákh) — line or plane
• Hebrew: ניצב \ נִצָּב (nitsáv) — line or plane
• Hindi: लंब (lamb) — line or plane
• Hindi: अभिलंब (abhilamb) — line or plane
• Hungarian: merőleges — line or plane
• Navajo: kʼéhézdongo ahidiiʼá — line or plane
• Polish: prostopadła — line or plane
• Portuguese: perpendicular — line or plane
• Romanian: perpendiculară — line or plane
• Russian: перпендикуля́р (perpendikuljár) — line or plane
• Swedish: normal — line or plane
• Thai: เส้นตั้งฉาก (séen-táng-chàak) — line or plane
• Turkish: dik — line or plane
• Ukrainian: простопа́д (prostopád) — line or plane
• Bulgarian: отвес (otves) — device
• Dutch: schietlood — device
• Finnish: luotilanka — device
• Finnish: luoti — device
• French: fil à plomb — device
• German: Bleilot — device
• German: Senkblei — device