English Explanatory Dictionary

rectangle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
  2. Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
  3. A right angle.
  4. The product of two quantities.
adj
  1. Right-angled.

Pronunciation

/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/ en-us-rectangle.ogg

Word forms

rectangle rectangles

Etymology

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

Related words

rect angle rectangular rectification rectify rectilinear

Derived words

golden rectangle hyperrectangle love rectangle open rectangle rectagraph rectangled rectanglelike roundrect subrectangle

Translations

Albanian: drejtkëndësh Southern Altai: тӱс толукту булуҥ Arabic: مُسْتَطِيل Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܘܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ Armenian: ուղղանկյուն Asturian: rectángulu Aymara: wiskhalla Azerbaijani: düzbucaq Basque: laukizuzen Belarusian: прамавуго́льнік Belarusian: прастаку́тнік Bengali: আয়তক্ষেত্র Breton: skouergorneg Bulgarian: правоъгъ́лник Burmese: လေးထောင့် Burmese: စတုဂံ Catalan: rectangle Chinese Mandarin: 長方形 /长方形 Chinese Mandarin: 矩形 Czech: obdélník Danish: rektangel Dutch: rechthoek Egyptian: i-f:d:N23 Esperanto: ortangulo Esperanto: rektangulo Estonian: ristkülik Faroese: rætthyrningur Finnish: suorakulmio French: rectangle North Frisian: Rochthuk West-Frisian: rjochthoek Galician: rectángulo Georgian: მართკუთხედი German: Rechteck German: Karree German: Orthogon Greek: ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο Ancient Greek: ὀρθογώνιον Haitian Creole: rektang Hebrew: מַלְבֵּן Hindi: आयत Hungarian: téglalap Icelandic: rétthyrningur Ido: rektangulo Indonesian: persegi panjang Ingrian: oikianurkkain
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