# angular
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /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
* 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

* acutangular
* anangular
* angulaperturate
* angular acceleration
* angular artery
* angular cheilitis
* angular defect
* angular displacement
* angular distance
* angular frequency
* angular gyrus
* angular harp
* angularity
* angularize
* 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
* angular-winged katydid
* biangular
* decangular
* distoangular
* equangular
* equiangular
* heptangular
* hexangular
* inangular
* interangular
* mesioangular
* multiangular
* nonangular
* obtuse-angular
* octangular
* pentangular
* Planck angular frequency
* polyangular
* quinquangular
* right-angular
* septangular
* sexangular
* subangular
* supraangular
* surangular
* unangular
* uniangular

#### Translations
### 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

* IPA: (Central) [əŋ.ɡuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əŋ.ɡuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulars)
* (geometry, relational) angle; angular

#### 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, 2025
* “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

Learned borrowing 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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin angulāris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla.ɾi/

#### 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: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla.ɾi/

#### 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* angulação
* angulado
* angularidade
* angularmente
* angulatura
* ângulo
* anguloso

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French angulaire, from Latin angularis.

### Adjective

angular m or n (feminine singular angulară, masculine plural angulari, feminine and neuter plural angulare)
* angular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anɡuˈlaɾ/ [ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: an‧gu‧lar

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin angulāris.

#### Adjective

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)
* angular

##### Derived terms

* amoladora angular
* angularmente
* comillas angulares
* paréntesis angular
* piedra angular
* velocidad 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Derived terms

* angulación

### Further reading

* “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10