mantisa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmantɪsa]

Noun

mantisa f

1. mantissa, significand (that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits)

   V zápisu 1,45E10 je 1,45 mantisa a 10 exponent. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of mantisa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mantisa	mantisy
genitive	mantisy	mantis
dative	mantise	mantisám
accusative	mantisu	mantisy
vocative	mantiso	mantisy
locative	mantise	mantisách
instrumental	mantisou	mantisami

See also

• exponent

Further reading

• “mantisa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mantisa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mantisa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Alternative forms

• mantissa

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /manˈtiː.sa/, [män̪ˈt̪iːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /manˈti.sa/, [män̪ˈt̪iːs̬ä]

Noun

mantīsa f (genitive mantīsae); first declension

1. addition, makeweight; gain

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mantīsa	mantīsae
genitive	mantīsae	mantīsārum
dative	mantīsae	mantīsīs
accusative	mantīsam	mantīsās
ablative	mantīsā	mantīsīs
vocative	mantīsa	mantīsae

Descendants

• → English: mantissa

References

• “mantisa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mantisa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mantīsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈtisa/ [mãn̪ˈt̪i.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: man‧ti‧sa

Noun

mantisa f (plural mantisas)

1. mantissa

Further reading

• “mantisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10