rectangle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Inflected forms:
form: rectangles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
pos: noun
gloss: Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
pos: noun
gloss: A right angle.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?
gloss: The product of two quantities.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
Related words: rect angle
rectangular
rectification
rectify
rectilinear
Derived words: golden rectangle
hyperrectangle
love rectangle
open rectangle
rectagraph
rectangled
rectanglelike
roundrect
subrectangle
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: drejtkëndësh
lang: Southern Altai
word: тӱс толукту булуҥ
roman: tüs toluktu buluŋ
lang: Arabic
word: مُسْتَطِيل
roman: mustaṭīl
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܬܵܘܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ
roman: tāwrīḵā
lang: Armenian
word: ուղղանկյուն
roman: uġġankyun
lang: Asturian
word: rectángulu
lang: Aymara
word: wiskhalla
lang: Azerbaijani
word: düzbucaq
lang: Basque
word: laukizuzen
lang: Belarusian
word: прамавуго́льнік
roman: pramavuhólʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: прастаку́тнік
roman: prastakútnik
lang: Bengali
word: আয়তক্ষেত্র
roman: aẏotokkhetro
lang: Breton
word: skouergorneg
lang: Bulgarian
word: правоъгъ́лник
roman: pravoǎgǎ́lnik
lang: Burmese
word: လေးထောင့်
roman: le:htaung.
lang: Burmese
word: စတုဂံ
roman: ca.tu.gam
lang: Catalan
word: rectangle
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 長方形 /长方形
roman: chángfāngxíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 矩形
roman: jǔxíng
lang: Czech
word: obdélník
lang: Danish
word: rektangel
lang: Dutch
word: rechthoek
lang: Egyptian
word: i-f:d:N23
roman: jfd
lang: Esperanto
word: ortangulo
lang: Esperanto
word: rektangulo
lang: Estonian
word: ristkülik
lang: Faroese
word: rætthyrningur
lang: Finnish
word: suorakulmio
lang: French
word: rectangle
lang: North Frisian
word: Rochthuk
lang: West-Frisian
word: rjochthoek
lang: Galician
word: rectángulo
lang: Georgian
word: მართკუთხედი
roman: martḳutxedi
lang: German
word: Rechteck
lang: German
word: Karree
lang: German
word: Orthogon
lang: Greek
word: ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο
roman: orthogónio parallilógrammo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὀρθογώνιον
roman: orthogṓnion
lang: Haitian Creole
word: rektang
lang: Hebrew
word: מַלְבֵּן
roman: malbén
lang: Hindi
word: आयत
roman: āyat
lang: Hungarian
word: téglalap
lang: Icelandic
word: rétthyrningur
lang: Ido
word: rektangulo
lang: Indonesian
word: persegi panjang
lang: Ingrian
word: oikianurkkain
lang: Interlingua
word: rectangulo
lang: Irish
word: dronuilleog
lang: Italian
word: rettangolo
lang: Japanese
word: 長方形
roman: chōhōkei
lang: Japanese
word: 矩形
roman: kukei
lang: Kankanaey
word: kaman-ruwangan
lang: Kannada
word: ಆಯತ
roman: āyata
lang: Kashubian
word: prostonórt
lang: Kazakh
word: тікбұрыш
roman: tıkbūryş
lang: Khmer
word: ចតុកោណកែង
roman: caʼtokaon kaeng
lang: Korean
word: 직사각형
roman: jiksagakhyeong
lang: Korean
word: 구형
roman: guhyeong
lang: Korean
word: 장방형
roman: jangbanghyeong
lang: Kumyk
word: тюз мююшлюк
roman: tüz müyuşlük
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тик бурчтук
roman: tik burctuk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тикбурч
roman: tikburc
lang: Lao
word: ຮູບສີ່ແຈສາກ
roman: hūp sī chǣ sāk
lang: Latin
word: rēctangulum
lang: Latin
word: rēctagōnum
lang: Latvian
word: taisnstūris
lang: Limburgish
word: rechhook
lang: Lithuanian
word: stačiakampis
lang: Lombard
word: retàngol
lang: Macedonian
word: правоа́голник
roman: pravoágolnik
lang: Malay
word: segiempat tepat
lang: Māori
word: tapawhā
lang: Māori
word: porowhā
lang: Māori
word: tapawhā hāngai
lang: Mongolian
word: тэгш өнцөгт
roman: tegš öncögt
lang: Navajo
word: nineezgo dikʼą́
lang: Navajo
word: dikʼą́ągo heeneez
lang: Navajo
word: dį́įʼgo yistłʼah
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: rektangel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: rektangel
lang: Occitan
word: rectangle
lang: Pashto
word: مستطيل
roman: mostatil
lang: Persian
word: مستطیل
roman: mostatil
lang: Persian
word: راستگوشه
roman: râsat-guše
lang: Piedmontese
word: retàngol
lang: Polish
word: prostokąt
lang: Portuguese
word: rectângulo
lang: Portuguese
word: retângulo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਆਇਤ
roman: āita
lang: Quechua
word: wask'a
lang: Romanian
word: dreptunghi
lang: Russian
word: прямоуго́льник
roman: prjamougólʹnik
lang: Northern Sami
word: rektáŋgel
lang: Sardinian
word: retàngulu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dronn-uileannag
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceart-cheàrnach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: правоугаоник
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пра̏вокӯтнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pravougaonik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȁvokūtnīk
lang: Sicilian
word: rittànculu
lang: Silesian
word: prostokůnt
lang: Slovak
word: obdĺžnik
lang: Slovene
word: pravokotnik
lang: Somali
word: laydi
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pšawokut
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: praworóžk
lang: Spanish
word: rectángulo
lang: Sundanese
word: pasagi burung
lang: Swahili
word: mstatili
lang: Swedish
word: rektangel
lang: Tagalog
word: rektanggulo
lang: Tagalog
word: parihaba
lang: Tajik
word: росткунҷа
roman: rostkunja
lang: Tajik
word: мустатил
roman: mustatil
lang: Tajik
word: ростгуша
roman: rostguša
lang: Tamil
word: செவ்வகம்
roman: cevvakam
lang: Tatar
word: турыпочмак
roman: turıpoçmaq
lang: Telugu
word: దీర్ఘ చతురస్రం
roman: dīrgha caturasraṁ
lang: Thai
word: สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า
roman: sìi-lìiam-pʉ̌ʉn-pâa
lang: Turkish
word: dikdörtgen
lang: Turkish
word: mustatil
lang: Turkmen
word: gönüburçluk
lang: Ukrainian
word: прямоку́тник
roman: prjamokútnyk
lang: Urdu
word: مُسْتَطِیل
roman: mustatīl
lang: Uyghur
word: تىك تۆتبۇلۇڭ
roman: tik tötbulung
lang: Uzbek
word: toʻgʻriburchak
lang: Uzbek
word: mustatil
lang: Vietnamese
word: hình chữ nhật
lang: Waray-Waray
word: rectanggulo
lang: Welsh
word: cyfongl
lang: West Flemish
word: rechtoek
lang: Yiddish
word: גראָדעק
roman: grodek