rectangle

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/

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rectangle (plural rectangles)

1. (geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

   Hypernym: polygon

   Hyponym: square

   Coordinate terms: circle, ellipse, triangle, trapezoid, rhombus

2. (nontechnical) Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.

   Hypernyms: shape, polygon

   Coordinate terms: square, circle, oval, ellipse, triangle, trapezoid, rhombus, lozenge, diamond

• (quadrilateral): oblong (not in technical use)
• (quadrilateral): square

• rectangular
• rectilinear
• rectification
• rectify

• rectangle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rectangle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• rectangle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəkˈtaŋ.ɡlə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rekˈtaŋ.ɡle/

rectangle m (plural rectangles)

1. rectangle

• rectangular

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.tɑ̃ɡl/

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rectangle m (plural rectangles)

1. rectangle

• rectangulaire

rectangle (plural rectangles)

1. right-angled (of a geometric figure such as a triangle)

   Antonyms: obtusangle, acutangle

• “rectangle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• glacèrent