cateto
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: ca‧tè‧to
Noun
cateto m (plural cateti)
- (geometry) cathetus
Derived terms
- catetometro
Anagrams
- coatte
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈtɛ.tu/
Noun
cateto m (plural catetos)
- leg (of a triangle)
Further reading
- “cateto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈteto/ [kaˈt̪e.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: ca‧te‧to
Noun
cateto m (plural catetos)
- (geometry) cathetus (leg of a triangle)
Usage notes
- 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
cateto m (plural catetos, feminine cateta, feminine plural catetas)
- (derogatory) peasant, country bumpkin; hick
- Synonyms: huaso, paleto, palurdo
Further reading
- “cateto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014