tangram

tangram

English

Like most modern sets, this wooden tangram is stored in the square configuration.

The 13 convex shapes matched with Tangram set

Etymology

Possibly from Mandarin 唐 (táng, “of the Tang dynasty, by extension, Chinese”) +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænˌɡɹæm/

Noun

tangram (plural tangrams)

1. A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.

Translations

the Chinese puzzle

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 七巧板 (zh) (qīqiǎobǎn) Dutch: tangram Finnish: tangrammi (fi) French: tangram (fr) m German: Tangram (de) n Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Maori: hangawhitu Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: tangram m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: tangram m Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Loyd's paradox

Further reading

• tangram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gartman, trangam

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Portuguese

Noun

tangram m (plural tangrans)

1. tangram (Chinese puzzle)