right triangle

English

Noun

right triangle (plural right triangles)

1. (geometry) A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles.

Usage notes

• right triangle is probably the more common term in the US, while right-angled triangle is probably the more common term in the UK.

Synonyms

• right-angled triangle (see usage note below)

Meronyms

• cathetus
• hypotenuse

Translations

a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles

Asturian: triángulu rectángulu m Czech: pravoúhlý trojúhelník m Dutch: rechthoekige driehoek m Estonian: täisnurkne kolmnurk Finnish: suorakulmainen kolmio (fi) French: triangle rectangle m Galician: triángulo rectángulo (gl) m German: rechtwinkliges Dreieck n Greek: ορθογώνιο τρίγωνο n (orthogónio trígono) Hungarian: derékszögű háromszög (hu) Irish: triantán dronuilleach m Italian: triangolo rettangolo m Japanese: 直角三角形 (ja) (chokkaku sankakukei) Khmer: ត្រីកោណកែង (km) (trəykaon kaeng) Macedonian: правоа́голен триа́голник m (pravoágolen triágolnik) Malayalam: മട്ടത്രികോണം (ml) (maṭṭatrikōṇaṁ) Maori: tapatoru hāngai Moore: yaas-susg kog-tãabga Navajo: nishʼnáajigo heetsʼóóz Persian: مثلث قائم الزاویه, سه‌گوش راست (se-guš-e râst) Polish: trójkąt prostokątny (pl) m Portuguese: triângulo reto m, triângulo retângulo (pt) m Romanian: triunghi dreptunghic (ro) Russian: прямоуго́льный треуго́льник (ru) m (prjamougólʹnyj treugólʹnik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: правокутни трокут m Roman: pravokutni trokut m Slovak: pravouhlý trojuholník Spanish: triángulo rectángulo m Swedish: rät triangel c, rätvinklig triangel (sv) c Tagalog: tatsihang tadlong, tadlunging tatsiha Thai: สามเหลี่ยมมุมฉาก (sǎam-lìiam-mum-chàak) Turkish: dik üçgen (tr) c Ukrainian: прямоку́тний трику́тник m (prjamokútnyj trykútnyk) Vietnamese: tam giác vuông (vi)