квадра́тный ко́рень
kvadrátnyj kórenʹmasculine
The English phrase "square root" is translated into Russian as квадра́тный ко́рень (kvadrátnyj kórenʹ).
To express the action of taking the square root or extracting the root, use the verb phrase извлечь ко́рень.
Meaning: number (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of the adjective квадра́тный (square) and the noun ко́рень (root).
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of корень is корни. The phrase takes the instrumental case as квадра́тным ко́рнем when used after certain prepositions or to indicate the means of a calculation.
How do you pronounce it?
kvadrátnyj kórenʹ
Did you know?
- The verb used to 'extract' a root, извлечь, is also the standard term used for 'withdrawing' money from a bank account.
- In Russian linguistics, the 'root' of a word is also called ко́рень. This means a Russian student uses the same word for the core of a vocabulary unit as they do for a square root in calculus.
- When discussing the square root of a negative number, Russians use the term мни́мое число́, which translates literally to 'imaginary number'.
Examples in context
- Вычислите квадратный корень из числа 25.Calculate the square root of the number 25.
- Корень из 16 равен 4.The square root of 16 is 4.
- Вычисли этот квадра́тный ко́рень.Vychisli etot kvadratnyy koren'.Calculate this square root.
- Каков квадра́тный ко́рень из девяти?Kakov kvadratnyy koren' iz devyati?What is the square root of nine?
- Этот квадра́тный ко́рень равен пяти.Etot kvadratnyy koren' raven pyati.This square root equals five.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “square root” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
