cateto
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cateto m (plural cateti)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- Hyphenation: ca‧te‧to
Noun edit
cateto m (plural catetos)
- leg (of a triangle)
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cateto m (plural catetos)
Usage notes edit
- Cateto menor is used to refer to the shorter cathetus, while cateto mayor is used to refer to the longer cathetus (of a given right triangle).
Noun edit
cateto m (plural catetos, feminine cateta, feminine plural catetas)
Further reading edit
- “cateto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014