diagonal

Etymology

From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈæɡənəl/, /daɪˈæɡnəl/

Adjective

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:

     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 cattycorner legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• ganoidal, gonadial

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Adjective

diagonal (masculine and feminine plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonals)

1. diagonal

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

diagonal

1. diagonal

Noun

diagonal c (singular definite diagonalen, plural indefinite diagonaler)

1. diagonal

References

• “diagonal” in Den Danske Ordbog

Adjective

diagonal (feminine singular diagonale, masculine plural diagonaux, feminine plural diagonales)

1. diagonal, transverse, oblique

Adjective

diagonal m, f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. diagonal

Adjective

diagonal m, f (plural diagonais, comparable)

1. (geometry) diagonal (joining two nonadjacent vertices)
2. diagonal (having a slanted or oblique direction)

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonais)

1. diagonal (something arranged diagonally or obliquely)
2. (geometry) diagonal (diagonal line or plane)

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Adjective

diagonal (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Noun

diagonal f (plural diagonales)

1. diagonal

Etymology

From Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”).

Adjective

diagonal (not comparable)

1. diagonal

Noun

diagonal c

1. diagonal