subtrahend

English

Etymology

1670s, from Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“I pull out from under, I subtract”) (English subtract).

By surface analysis, subtract +‎ -end (“patient (recipient) of action”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbtɹəhɛnd/

Noun

subtrahend (plural subtrahends)

1. (arithmetic) A number or quantity to be subtracted from another.

   In the subtraction 10 − 4, 4 is the subtrahend.

Synonyms

• minor (obs.)

Translations

A number or quantity to be subtracted from another

• Asturian: sustraendu m
• Azerbaijani: çıxılan
• Bulgarian: умалител m (umalitel)
• Catalan: subtrahend m
• Cebuano: tigkuha or tagkuha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減數／减数 (zh) (jiǎnshù)

• Czech: menšitel m
• Finnish: vähentäjä (fi)
• French: diminuteur (fr) m
• Georgian: მამცირი (mamciri), მაკლები (maḳlebi)
• German: Subtrahend (de) m
• Hungarian: kivonandó (hu)
• Icelandic: frádragi m
• Ingrian: vähentäjä
• Japanese: 減数 (gensū), 引く数 (hiku kazu)
• Korean: 감수 (gamsu), 뺌수 (ppaemsu)
• Maori: tau tango
• Polish: odjemnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: subtraendo m
• Russian: вычита́емое (ru) n (vyčitájemoje)
• Serbo-Croatian: umanjitelj (sh) m
• Spanish: sustraendo (es) m
• Tagalog: pamawas
• Turkish: çıkan (tr)

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Anagrams

• Bundesrath

Catalan

Noun

subtrahend m (plural subtrahends)

1. (arithmetic) subtrahend (a number to be subtracted from another)

Further reading

• “subtrahend” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.