homothétie
French, noun/ɔ.mɔ.te.si/
homothétie is a French feminine noun meaning “homothety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transformation géométrique avec un facteur k, positif ou négatif, qui, étant donné un centre O, associe à un…”.
What does homothétie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehomothety
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Transformation géométrique avec un facteur k, positif ou négatif, qui, étant donné un centre O, associe à un point M le point M' tel que ⃑OM'=k⃑OM. 2. Transposition à plus petite ou plus grande échelle.
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 homothétie
- homothéties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homothétie?
- /ɔ.mɔ.te.si/
- \ɔ.mɔ.te.si\
- \ɔ.mɔ.te.ti\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is homothétie in French?
homothétie appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).