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cosécante

French, noun/ko.se.kɑ̃t/

cosécante is a French feminine noun meaning “cosecant (trigonometric function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La cosécante est l'inverse du sinus d'un angle. Elle est équivalente à la sécante du complément de cet angle”.

What does cosécante mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecosecant (trigonometric function)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. La cosécante est l'inverse du sinus d'un angle. Elle est équivalente à la sécante du complément de cet angle.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cosécante

  • cosécantes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cosécante?

  • /ko.se.kɑ̃t/
  • \kɔ.se.kɑ̃t\
  • \ko.se.kɑ̃t\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cosécante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.