subtrahend

English

Etymology

1670s, from Latin subtrahendus numerus (“number to be subtracted”), form of subtrahō (“I pull out from under, I subtract”) (English subtract).[1]

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbtɹəhɛnd/

Noun

subtrahend (plural subtrahends)

(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
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

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “subtrahend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Bundesrath

Catalan

Noun

subtrahend m (plural subtrahends)

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

Further reading

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

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