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subtrahend

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsʌbtɹəhɛnd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • In the subtraction 10 − 4, 4 is the subtrahend.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the number to be subtracted from the minuend

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

History

Etymology

1670s, from Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“to pull out from under, to subtract”) (English subtract). By surface analysis, subtract + -end (“patient (recipient) of action”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: sustraendu — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Azerbaijani: çıxılan — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Bulgarian: умалител (umalitel) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Catalan: subtrahend — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Cebuano: tigkuha or tagkuha — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 減數 /减数 (jiǎnshù) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Czech: menšitel — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Finnish: vähentäjä — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • French: diminuteur — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Galician: subtraendo — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Georgian: მამცირი (mamciri) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Georgian: მაკლები (maḳlebi) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • German: Subtrahend — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Hungarian: kivonandó — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Icelandic: frádragi — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Ingrian: vähentäjä — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Italian: sottraendo — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Japanese: 減数 (gensū) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Japanese: 引く数 (hiku kazu) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Korean: 감수 (gamsu) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Korean: 뺌수 (ppaemsu) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Latin: subtrahendus numerus — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Māori: tau tango — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Polish: odjemnik — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Portuguese: subtraendo — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Romanian: scăzător — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Russian: вычита́емое (vyčitájemoje) — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Serbo-Croatian: umanjitelj — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Spanish: sustraendo — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Spanish: substraendo — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Tagalog: pamawas — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another
  • Turkish: çıkan — A number or quantity to be subtracted from another