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)

1. Having a shape like a rectangle.

   • Shape definition

     The status or condition of something (1 of 9 shape definitions)

   • Rectangle definition

     Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. (1 of 2 rectangle definitions)
2. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From rectangle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rək.tən.ɡuˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rek.tan.ɡuˈlaɾ/

Adjective

rectangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

1. rectangular

Further reading

• “rectangular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

rectángulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

1. 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)

1. Superseded spelling of retangular. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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.)

   • Retangular definition

     rectangular (having a shape like a rectangle) (1 of 2 retangular definitions)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rectangulaire.

Adjective

rectangular m or n (feminine singular rectangulară, masculine plural rectangulari, feminine and neuter plural rectangulare)

1. rectangular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From rectángulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡtanɡuˈlaɾ/ [reɣ̞.t̪ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar

Adjective

rectangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

Further reading

• “rectangular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014