rectangular
English
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)
- Having a shape like a rectangle.
- Having axes that meet each other with right angles.
Derived terms
- birectangular
- equirectangular
- hyperrectangular
- nonrectangular
- rectangular coordinates
- rectangular hyperbola
- rectangularity
- rectangularization
- rectangularly
- rectangularness
- rectangular number
- rectangularwise
- subrectangular
- sub-rectangular
- trirectangular
Translations
having a shape like a rectangle
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having axes that meet each other with right angles
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Catalan
Etymology
rectangle + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rək.təŋ.ɡuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /rek.taŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
rectangular (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)
- rectangular
Further reading
- “rectangular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
rectángulo + -ar.
Adjective
rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)
- rectangular
Related terms
- rectángulo
Further reading
- “rectangular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Adjective
rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares, not comparable)
- Superseded spelling of retangular. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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)
- rectangular
Declension
Declension of rectangular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | rectangular | rectangulară | rectangulari | rectangulare | ||
definite | rectangularul | rectangulara | rectangularii | rectangularele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | rectangular | rectangulare | rectangulari | rectangulare | ||
definite | rectangularului | rectangularei | rectangularilor | rectangularelor |
Spanish
Etymology
rectángulo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reɡtanɡuˈlaɾ/ [reɣ̞.t̪ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar
Adjective
rectangular (plural rectangulares)
- rectangular
Related terms
- rectángulo
Further reading
- “rectangular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014