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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)

  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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slash — see slash

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Catalan

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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

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian диагональ (diagonalʹ).

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diagonal

  1. diagonal

Declension

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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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Danish

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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diagonal

  1. diagonal

Inflection

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Inflection of diagonal
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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

Declension

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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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French

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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

Declension

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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

Further reading

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French diagonal.[1]

Noun

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diagonal m inan

  1. (textiles) cavalry twill
  2. (mining) diagonal mine walkway
  3. (geometry) diagonal line or axis
    Synonym: diagonala
Declension
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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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Etymology 2

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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]

Adjective

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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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Romanian

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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 and 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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Swedish

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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 Superlative2
Common singular diagonal — —
Neuter singular diagonalt — —
Plural diagonala — —
Masculine plural3 diagonale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 diagonale — —
All diagonala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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diagonal c

  1. diagonal

Declension

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Declension of diagonal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diagonal diagonalen diagonaler diagonalerna
Genitive diagonals diagonalens diagonalers diagonalernas

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