tangente
French, noun/tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t/
tangente is spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tangente is a French feminine noun meaning “tangent (trigonometric function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ligne droite qui se confond avec une courbe en un point donné”.
What does tangente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetangent (trigonometric function)
- 2
femininetangent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ligne droite qui se confond avec une courbe en un point donné. 2. Pour un angle, ligne droite menée, dans un cercle, à l’une des extrémités de l’arc que l’angle embrasse, et terminée au prolongement du rayon qui passe par l’autre extrémité. 3. Rapport de la longueur du côté opposé à celle du côté adjacent, d’un angle non-droit d’un triangle rectangle. 4. Surveillant de collège.
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 tangente
- tangentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tangente?
- /tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t/
- \tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tangente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tangente in French?
tangente appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).