rectangular

English

rectangular clock face

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə/
  • Hyphenation: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar
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Adjective

rectangular (not generally comparable, comparative more rectangular, superlative most rectangular)

  1. Having a shape like a rectangle.
  2. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

Derived terms

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

rectangle + -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rectangular (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

  1. rectangular

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

rectángulo + -ar.

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

  1. rectangular

Further reading


Portuguese

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares, not comparable)

  1. Superseded spelling of retangular. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rectangulaire.

Adjective

rectangular m or n (feminine singular rectangulară, masculine plural rectangulari, feminine and neuter plural rectangulare)

  1. rectangular

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

rectángulo + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reɡtanɡuˈlaɾ/ [reɣ̞.t̪ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar

Adjective

rectangular (plural rectangulares)

  1. rectangular

Further reading

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