Pythagoras

See also: Pýþagóras

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /paɪˈθæɡ.əɹ.əs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɪˈθæɡ.əɹ.əs/ or IPA(key): /paɪˈθæ.ɡɚ.əs/

Proper noun

Pythagoras

  1. An Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
  2. (mathematics, colloquial) Pythagoras' theorem.
    • Serge Lang and Gene Murrow (1988) Geometry, →ISBN, page 203: “By Pythagoras, we find the length of the third side, |AB|2 = (2a)2  a2 = 4a2  a2 = 3a2
  3. A male given name of mostly historical use, and a transliteration from modern Greek.

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Czech

Proper noun

Pythagoras m

  1. Pythagoras

Swedish

Proper noun

Pythagoras

  1. Pythagoras
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