cotangente
Portuguese, noun/ko.tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
cotangente is spelled C-O-T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E (10 letters). Cotangente is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cotangent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a função definida pelo quociente entre as funções cosseno e seno [símb.: cot]”.
What does cotangente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecotangent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a função definida pelo quociente entre as funções cosseno e seno [símb.: cot] 2. a razão entre os catetos adjacente e oposto a um ângulo, em um triângulo retângulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cotangente
- cotangentes plural
- co-tangente alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotangente?
- Brazil /ko.tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɔ.tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /ko.tɐ̃.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.