diagonal
/daɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
adj
Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
adj
Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
noun
Anything forming or resembling such a line
noun
Anything forming or resembling such a line
noun
Anything forming or resembling such a line
Example Sentences
- "The visitors' undoing was caused by a diagonal ball from the right which was nodded into the six-yard area by Ian Evatt and finished off by Campbell."
- "Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique."
Etymology
From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: diagonal, diagōnālis, διαγώνιος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /daɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/
- British English: /daɪ̯ˈæɡ(ə)nəl/