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diagonal

See also: Diagonal

English

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Etymology

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

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diagonal (not comparable)

 
diagonal stairs
  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[1]:
      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.

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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.

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

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

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Etymology

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

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diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonals)

  1. diagonal

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diagonal f (plural diagonals)

  1. diagonal

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian диагональ (diagonalʹ).

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diagonal

  1. diagonal

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Declension of diagonal
singular plural
nominative diagonal diagonallar
genitive diagonalnıñ diagonallarnıñ
dative diagonalğa diagonallarğa
accusative diagonalnı diagonallarnı
locative diagonalda diagonallarda
ablative diagonaldan diagonallardan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diaɡonaːl/, [d̥iaɡ̊oˈnæːˀl]

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diagonal

  1. diagonal

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Inflection of diagonal
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular diagonal — —2
indefinite neuter singular diagonalt — —2
plural diagonale — —2
definite attributive1 diagonale — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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diagonal c (singular definite diagonalen, plural indefinite diagonaler)

  1. diagonal

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Declension of diagonal
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diagonal diagonalen diagonaler diagonalerne
genitive diagonals diagonalens diagonalers diagonalernes

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin diagōnālis.

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

    1. diagonal, transverse, oblique

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    • → Polish: diagonal

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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    From Latin diagōnālis.

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    diagonal m or f (plural diagonais)

    1. diagonal

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    German

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    Etymology

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

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    diagonal (strong nominative masculine singular diagonaler, not comparable)

    1. diagonal

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    Positive forms of diagonal (uncomparable)
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist diagonal sie ist diagonal es ist diagonal sie sind diagonal
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative diagonaler diagonale diagonales diagonale
    genitive diagonalen diagonaler diagonalen diagonaler
    dative diagonalem diagonaler diagonalem diagonalen
    accusative diagonalen diagonale diagonales diagonale
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der diagonale die diagonale das diagonale die diagonalen
    genitive des diagonalen der diagonalen des diagonalen der diagonalen
    dative dem diagonalen der diagonalen dem diagonalen den diagonalen
    accusative den diagonalen die diagonale das diagonale die diagonalen
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein diagonaler eine diagonale ein diagonales (keine) diagonalen
    genitive eines diagonalen einer diagonalen eines diagonalen (keiner) diagonalen
    dative einem diagonalen einer diagonalen einem diagonalen (keinen) diagonalen
    accusative einen diagonalen eine diagonale ein diagonales (keine) diagonalen

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    • “diagonal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
    • “diagonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

    Polish

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

    Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
    Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
    Ancient Greek διά (diá)
    Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu
    Proto-Hellenic *gónu
    Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der.
    Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)
    Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
    Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
    Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios)
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
    Proto-Italic *-ālis
    Latin -ālis
    Latin diagōnālisbor.
    French diagonalbor.
    Polish diagonal

      Borrowed from French diagonal.[1]

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      diagonal m inan

      1. (textiles) cavalry twill
      2. (mining) diagonal mine walkway
      3. (geometry) diagonal line or axis
        Synonym: diagonala
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      Declension of diagonal
      singular plural
      nominative diagonal diagonale
      genitive diagonalu diagonali/diagonalów
      dative diagonalowi diagonalom
      accusative diagonal diagonale
      instrumental diagonalem diagonalami
      locative diagonalu diagonalach
      vocative diagonalu diagonale
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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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      diagonal f

      1. genitive plural of diagonala

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      1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “diagonal”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin diagōnālis.

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      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.a.ɡoˈnaw/ [d͡ʒɪ.a.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒja.ɡoˈnaw/ [d͡ʒja.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.ɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [di.ɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /djɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [djɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.ɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [di.ɐ.ɣuˈna.li], (faster pronunciation) /djɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [djɐ.ɣuˈna.li]

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      diagonal m or f (plural diagonais)

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

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      diagonal f (plural diagonais)

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

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French diagonal.

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

      1. diagonal

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      Declension of diagonal
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite diagonal diagonală diagonali diagonale
      definite diagonalul diagonala diagonalii diagonalele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite diagonal diagonale diagonali diagonale
      definite diagonalului diagonalei diagonalilor diagonalelor

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      Etymology

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

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      • IPA(key): /djaɡoˈnal/ [d̪ja.ɣ̞oˈnal]
      • Rhymes: -al
      • Syllabification: dia‧go‧nal

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      diagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural diagonales)

      1. diagonal

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      diagonal f (plural diagonales)

      1. diagonal

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      Etymology

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

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      diagonal (not comparable)

      1. diagonal

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      Inflection of diagonal
      Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
      common singular diagonal — —
      neuter singular diagonalt — —
      plural diagonala — —
      masculine plural2 diagonale — —
      Definite positive comparative superlative
      masculine singular3 diagonale — —
      all diagonala — —

      1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
      2 Dated or archaic.
      3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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      diagonal c

      1. diagonal

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      Declension of diagonal
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite diagonal diagonals
      definite diagonalen diagonalens
      plural indefinite diagonaler diagonalers
      definite diagonalerna diagonalernas

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