quadrangle
English
Etymology
From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: kwŏdʹrăng'gl, IPA(key): /ˈkwɒdˌɹæŋ.ɡəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
quadrangle (plural quadrangles)
- (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
- A courtyard which is quadrangular.
- Synonym: (informal) quad
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 7,
- I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
- The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,
- The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,
Synonyms
- (geometry): quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon; see also Thesaurus:quadrilateral
Hyponyms
- (geometry): rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid
Translations
quadrilateral — see quadrilateral
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.dʁɑ̃ɡl/, /ka.dʁɑ̃ɡl/
Audio (file)
Noun
quadrangle f (plural quadrangles)
- (geometry) quadrangle
Derived terms
- quadrangulaire
Further reading
- “quadrangle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Late Latin quadrangulum.
Noun
quadrangle m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)
- quadrangle (four-sided polygon)
Adjective
quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)
- quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)