hipotenusa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [i.pu.təˈnu.zə]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [i.po.təˈnu.zə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [i.po.teˈnu.za]
=== Noun ===
hipotenusa f (plural hipotenuses)
hypotenuse
=== Further reading ===
“hipotenusa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“hipotenusa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“hipotenusa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“hipotenusa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch hypotenusa, 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”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /hipotəˈnusa/
Rhymes: -sa, -a
Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa
=== Noun ===
hipotenusa (plural hipotenusa-hipotenusa)
(geometry) hypotenuse
==== Alternative forms ====
هيڤوتينوس (hipoténus) (Standard Malay)
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“hipotenusa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hypothenusa (archaic)
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uzɐ
Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa
=== Noun ===
hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)
(geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)
==== See also ====
cateto
triângulo
=== Further reading ===
“hipotenusa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ipoteˈnusa/ [i.po.t̪eˈnu.sa]
Rhymes: -usa
Syllabification: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa
=== Noun ===
hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)
(geometry) hypotenuse
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“hipotenusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025