diagonal

English

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diagonal

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Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /daɪˈæɡənəl/, /daɪˈæɡnəl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɑɪˈæɡ.ə.nəl/

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
2. Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
3. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
   • 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC‎:

     The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell.

4. Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.

Synonyms

• (having a slanted or oblique direction): aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping

Translations

Noun

diagonal (plural diagonals)

1. (geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
2. Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:
   1. (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
   2. (fashion) A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
   3. (typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
      • 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:

        Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.

Synonyms

• (oblique line or cut across a fabric): bias
• (oblique punctuation mark): See slash

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “oblique punctuation mark”): See backslash

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• ganoidal, gonadial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonalment

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian диагональ (diagonalʹ).

Noun

diagonal

1. diagonal

Declension

References

• “diagonal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

diagonal

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaɡonaːl/,

Adjective

diagonal

1. diagonal

Inflection

Noun

diagonal c (singular definite diagonalen, plural indefinite diagonaler)

1. diagonal

Declension

References

• “diagonal” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diagōnālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

diagonal (feminine diagonale, masculine plural diagonaux, feminine plural diagonales)

1. diagonal, transverse, oblique

Derived terms

• diagonalement

Descendants

• → Polish: diagonal

Further reading

• “diagonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis.

Adjective

diagonal m or f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

• diagonalmente

Further reading

• “diagonal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

diagonal (strong nominative masculine singular diagonaler, not comparable)

1. diagonal

Declension

Further reading

• “diagonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “diagonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

diagonal

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈɡɔ.nal/
• Rhymes: -ɔnal
• Syllabification: dia‧go‧nal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French diagonal.

Noun

diagonal m inan

1. (textiles) cavalry twill
2. (mining) diagonal mine walkway
3. (geometry) diagonal line or axis

   Synonym: diagonala

Declension

Alternative forms

• djagonal (Pre-reform orthography (1936))

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

diagonal f

1. genitive plural of diagonala

References

Further reading

• diagonal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “djagonal”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• diagonal in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diagōnālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

diagonal m or f (plural diagonais)

1. (geometry) diagonal (joining two nonadjacent vertices)
2. diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction)

Derived terms

• diagonalmente

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal (something arranged diagonally or obliquely)
2. (geometry) diagonal (diagonal line or plane)

Further reading

• “diagonal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diagonal.

Adjective

diagonal m or n (feminine singular diagonală, masculine plural diagonali, feminine and neuter plural diagonale)

1. diagonal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaɡoˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: dia‧go‧nal

Adjective

diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Derived terms

Further reading

• “diagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. diagonal

Declension

Derived terms

• diagonalt

Noun

diagonal c

1. diagonal

Declension

Derived terms

• diagonala