Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical.
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Pythagorean
//p(a)ɪˌθaɡəˈɹiːən//
Synonyms for "pythagorean" (19 found)
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21 entriesNeopythagoreanPythagorean commaPythagorean cupPythagorean expectationPythagorean extensionPythagorean fieldPythagorean fractionPythagorean hammersPythagorean intervalPythagorean meanPythagorean primePythagorean propositionPythagorean quadruplePythagorean scalePythagorean square puzzlePythagorean theorem
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4 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- питагорейски adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- питагоров adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- питагореец noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Catalan
1 entries- pitagòric adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Czech
4 entries- pythagorejský adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- pythagorejský adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pythagorov adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- pythagorejec noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Dutch
2 entries- pythagorisch adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pythagoreeër noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Esperanto
4 entries- hipitagorana adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- jipitagorana adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pitagora adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pitagorana adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Finnish
2 entries- pythagoralainen adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pythagoralainen noun (follower of Pythagoras)
French
3 entries- pythagoricien adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pythagoricien noun (follower of Pythagoras)
- pythagoricienne noun (follower of Pythagoras)
German
4 entries- pythagoreisch adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pythagoräisch adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- Pythagoreer noun (follower of Pythagoras)
- Pythagoreerin noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Irish
1 entries- Píotagarásach adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Italian
2 entries- pitagorico adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pitagorico noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Macedonian
2 entries- питагорин adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- питогоров adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
Polish
2 entries- pitagorejski adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- pitagorejski adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Russian
3 entries- пифаго́ров adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- пифагоре́йский adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- пифагоре́ец noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pitagorin adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- питагорин adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
Slovene
3 entries- pitagorejski adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
- pitagorejski adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pitagorov adj (of or relating to Pythagoras)
Spanish
2 entries- pitagórico adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pitagórico noun (follower of Pythagoras)
Swedish
1 entries- pythagoreisk adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Volapük
4 entries- hipütagoranik adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- jipütagoranik adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pütagoranik adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
- pütagorasik adj (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy)
Sample sentences
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You can only apply the Pythagorean theorem to triangles with right angles.
Source: tatoeba (10532136)
Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth. He could speak it, because he was a Pythagorean, and myth was their technical language.
Source: wiktionary
Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans.
Source: wiktionary
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