# tangens
## Czech
### Alternative forms

* tangenta

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtaŋɡɛns]

### Noun

tangens m inan (indeclinable)
* (trigonometry) tangent

#### Related terms

* arkustangens m
* kotangens m

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens. Cf. German Tangens.

### Noun

tangens
* (trigonometry) tangent (trigonometrical function)
    Tangens til 0 er 0, og tangens til 90 grader er udefineret.The tangent of 0 is 0, and the tangent of 90 degrees is undefined.

#### Related terms

* tangent

### References

* “tangens” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens. With -ens ending.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒŋɡɛnʃ]
* Hyphenation: tan‧gens
* Rhymes: -ɛnʃ

### Noun

tangens (plural tangensek)
* (trigonometry) tangent
    Coordinate terms: szinusz, koszinusz

#### Derived terms

* tangenstétel

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* tangens in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Latin
### Etymology

Present active participle of tangō (“touch”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtan.ɡens/, [ˈt̪äŋɡẽːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈtan.d͡ʒens/, [ˈt̪än̠ʲd͡ʒens]

### Participle

tangēns (genitive tangentis); third-declension one-termination participle
* touching, grasping
* reaching, arriving at
* attaining to
* moving, affecting
* coming home to

#### Declension

Third-declension participle.
$^1$When used purely as an adjective.

### Noun

tangēns f (genitive tangentis); third declension
* (mathematics) tangent

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

#### Descendants

* Catalan: tangent
* Danish: tangens, tangent
* English: tangent
* French: tangent, tangente
* German: Tangens, Tangente
* Italian: tangente
* Portuguese: tangente
* Romanian: tangent
* Russian: тангенс (tangens)
* Spanish: tangent
* Swedish: tangent

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tangēns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋ.ɡɛns/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋɡɛns
* Syllabification: tan‧gens

### Noun

tangens m inan (related adjective tangensowy)
* (trigonometry) tangent (in a right triangle, the ratio of the sine to the cosine of an angle)
    Hypernym: funkcja trygonometryczna
    Coordinate terms: cosecans, cosinus, cotangens, secans, sinus

#### Related terms

* tangensoidalny
* tangensoidalnie
* tangensoida

### Further reading

* tangens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (linea) tangens.

### Noun

tangens c
* (mathematics) tangent (trigonometric function)
    Synonyms: tan, (dated) tangent
    Tangens för 45 grader är 1The tangent of 45 degrees is 1

#### Declension
### References

* tangens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tangens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tangens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)