angular
English
Etymology
From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lɚ/, /-lɑɹ/
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Adjective
angular (comparative more angular, superlative most angular)
- Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- an angular figure
- 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31:
- In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
Hiragana あ い う え お
Katakana ア イ ウ エ オ
- In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
- Measured by an angle.
- angular distance
- Lean, lank.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
- She is an angular female.
- Synonyms: rude, rugged
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
Derived terms
- angular acceleration
- angular artery
- angular cheilitis
- angular defect
- angular displacement
- angular distance
- angular frequency
- angular gyrus
- angular harp
- angularity
- angularly
- angular magnification
- angular mil
- angular momentum
- angular motion
- angularness
- angular-nodulose
- angular position
- angular stomatitis
- angular-tubercate
- angular unconformity
- angular unit
- angular vein
- angular velocity
- obtuse-angular
- Planck angular frequency
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Noun
angular (plural angulars)
- (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Anagrams
- lagunar, narluga
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
angular (masculine and feminine plural angulars)
- (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
Related terms
- angle
Further reading
- “angular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “angular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “angular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “angular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Adjective
angular m or f (plural angulares)
- (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
- angular (forming an angle)
Related terms
- ángulo
Further reading
- “angular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin angulāris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
angular m or f (plural angulares)
- (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
- angular (forming an angle)
- Synonym: angulado
Etymology 2
From Ângulo (“angle”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
Verb
angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulei, past participle angulado)
- to bend so it forms an angle
- Angulei meus joelhos. ― I bent my knees.
- Meus joelhos angulam. ― My knees are bent.
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | angular | |||||
Personal | angular | angulares | angular | angularmos | angulardes | angularem |
Gerund | ||||||
angulando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | angulado | angulados | ||||
Feminine | angulada | anguladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | angulo | angulas | angula | angulamos | angulais | angulam |
Imperfect | angulava | angulavas | angulava | angulávamos | anguláveis | angulavam |
Preterite | angulei | angulaste | angulou | angulamos1, angulámos2 | angulastes | angularam |
Pluperfect | angulara | angularas | angulara | anguláramos | anguláreis | angularam |
Future | angularei | angularás | angulará | angularemos | angulareis | angularão |
Conditional | ||||||
angularia | angularias | angularia | angularíamos | angularíeis | angulariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | angule | angules | angule | angulemos | anguleis | angulem |
Imperfect | angulasse | angulasses | angulasse | angulássemos | angulásseis | angulassem |
Future | angular | angulares | angular | angularmos | angulardes | angularem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | angula | angule | angulemos | angulai | angulem | |
Negative (não) | não angules | não angule | não angulemos | não anguleis | não angulem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- angulação
- angulado
- angularidade
- angularmente
- angulatura
- ângulo
- anguloso
Romanian
Etymology
From French angulaire, from Latin angularis.
Adjective
angular m or n (feminine singular angulară, masculine plural angulari, feminine and neuter plural angulare)
- angular
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | angular | angulară | angulari | angulare | ||
definite | angularul | angulara | angularii | angularele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | angular | angulare | angulari | angulare | ||
definite | angularului | angularei | angularilor | angularelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anɡuˈlaɾ/ [ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: an‧gu‧lar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Adjective
angular (plural angulares)
- angular
Derived terms
- amoladora angular
- angularmente
- comillas angulares
- paréntesis angular
- piedra angular
Related terms
- ángulo
Etymology 2
From ángulo + -ar.
Verb
angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulé, past participle angulado)
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Conjugation
infinitive | angular | ||||||
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gerund | angulando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | angulado | angulada | |||||
plural | angulados | anguladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | angulo | angulastú angulásvos | angula | angulamos | anguláis | angulan | |
imperfect | angulaba | angulabas | angulaba | angulábamos | angulabais | angulaban | |
preterite | angulé | angulaste | anguló | angulamos | angulasteis | angularon | |
future | angularé | angularás | angulará | angularemos | angularéis | angularán | |
conditional | angularía | angularías | angularía | angularíamos | angularíais | angularían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | angule | angulestú angulésvos2 | angule | angulemos | anguléis | angulen | |
imperfect (ra) | angulara | angularas | angulara | anguláramos | angularais | angularan | |
imperfect (se) | angulase | angulases | angulase | angulásemos | angulaseis | angulasen | |
future1 | angulare | angulares | angulare | anguláremos | angulareis | angularen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | angulatú angulávos | angule | angulemos | angulad | angulen | ||
negative | no angules | no angule | no angulemos | no anguléis | no angulen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- angulación
Further reading
- “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014