divisor

divisor

See also: Divisor

English

PIE word
*dwóh₁

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: dĭ-vīʹ-zər, IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈvaɪ.zɚ/

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  • Homophone: diviser
• Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

divisor (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.

   In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.

2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.

   The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.

Derived terms

• divisor function
• greatest common divisor
• zero divisor

 

Translations

arithmetic: a number or expression

Armenian: բաժանարար (hy) (bažanarar) Bulgarian: дели́тел m (delítel) Catalan: divisor (ca) Cebuano: tigbahin Chinese: Mandarin: 除數／除数 (zh) (chúshù) Czech: dělitel m Dutch: deler (nl) m Esperanto: divizoro Finnish: jakaja (fi) French: diviseur (fr) m Georgian: გამყოფი (gamq̇opi) German: Divisor (de) m Greek: διαιρέτης (el) m (diairétis) Hungarian: osztó (hu) Icelandic: deilir m Italian: divisore (it) Japanese: 除数 (じょすう, josū) Korean: 제수 (ko) (jesu) Kyrgyz: бөлүүчү (ky) (bölüüçü) Latvian: dalītājs m Lithuanian: daliklis Macedonian: делител m (delitel) Maori: tau whakawehe Norwegian: divisor (no) Persian: مقسوم علیه‎ (maqsum elayh), بخشیاب‎ (fa) (baxšyāb) Polish: dzielnik (pl) m Portuguese: divisor (pt) m Romanian: divizor (ro) m, împărțitor (ro) m Russian: дели́тель (ru) m (delítelʹ) Serbo-Croatian: djelitelj (sh) m Spanish: divisor (es) Swedish: divisor (sv) c Tagalog: pahati Turkish: bölen (tr)

integer that divides another integer an integral number of times

Danish: divisor c Hungarian: osztó (hu) Japanese: 約数 (ja) (やくすう, yakusū) Korean: 약수 (ko) (yaksu) Maori: tau whakawehe Polish: dzielnik (pl) m Romanian: divizor (ro) m Serbo-Croatian: djelitelj (sh) m

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Anagrams

• Vidrios, viroids

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Related terms

• dividir

Further reading

• “divisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Noun

divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)

1. (number theory) divisor

Declension

Declension of divisor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	divisor	divisoren	divisorer	divisorerne
genitive	divisors	divisorens	divisorers	divisorernes

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈu̯iː.sor/, [d̪iːˈu̯iːs̠ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈvi.sor/, [d̪iˈviːs̬or]

Noun

dīvīsor m (genitive dīvīsōris); third declension

1. divider
2. distributor (especially of bribes)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīvīsor	dīvīsōrēs
Genitive	dīvīsōris	dīvīsōrum
Dative	dīvīsōrī	dīvīsōribus
Accusative	dīvīsōrem	dīvīsōrēs
Ablative	dīvīsōre	dīvīsōribus
Vocative	dīvīsor	dīvīsōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: divisor
• French: diviseur
• Galician: divisor
• Italian: divisore
• Occitan: divisor
• Portuguese: divisor
• Spanish: divisor

References

• “divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “divisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• divisor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• divisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “divisor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “divisor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsōrem.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor

Related terms

• dividendo
• dividido
• dividir
• divisão

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsoɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧sor

Adjective

divisor (feminine divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)

1. dividing

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Further reading

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