subtrahend

1. 1.

   the number to be subtracted from the minuend

   Broadernumber

Other forms of subtrahend

plural

subtrahends·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subtrahend

What does subtrahend mean?

subtrahend means "the number to be subtracted from the minuend".

How many syllables are in subtrahend?

subtrahend has 3 syllables and divides as sub-tra-hend under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.