rectangle
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#RECTANGLECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ-#RECTANGLEBorrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#RECTANGLECategory:English terms derived from Middle French#RECTANGLE, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#RECTANGLE, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#RECTANGLE or Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#RECTANGLE rectangulum (“right angle”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#RECTANGLE rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rectangle (plural rectangles)Category:English lemmas#RECTANGLECategory:English nouns#RECTANGLECategory:English countable nouns#RECTANGLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with entries#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#RECTANGLE
- (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#RECTANGLE) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- (nontechnical) Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#RECTANGLE) A right angle.
- 1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 12.— Of the Doctrine of our Priests, page 46:
- 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?Category:English terms with quotations#RECTANGLE
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#RECTANGLE) The product of two quantities.
- 1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Product”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes II (I–Z), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 886, column 1:
- In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.Category:English terms with quotations#RECTANGLE
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Translations
Adjective
rectangle (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#RECTANGLECategory:English adjectives#RECTANGLECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#RECTANGLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with entries#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#RECTANGLE
References
- “rectangle, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “rectangle, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- “rectangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “rectangle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “rectangle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan terms derived from Medieval Latin#RECTANGLE or Late LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Late Latin#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan terms derived from Late Latin#RECTANGLE rectangulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəkˈtaŋ.ɡlə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#RECTANGLE
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [rekˈtaŋ.ɡle]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#RECTANGLE
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#RECTANGLEAudio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
rectangle m (plural rectangles)Category:Catalan lemmas#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan nouns#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan countable nouns#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#RECTANGLECategory:Catalan masculine nouns#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with entries#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#RECTANGLE
Related terms
Further reading
- “rectangle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#RECTANGLECategory:French terms derived from Medieval Latin#RECTANGLE or Late LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Late Latin#RECTANGLECategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#RECTANGLE rectangulum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rectangle m (plural rectangles)Category:French lemmas#RECTANGLECategory:French nouns#RECTANGLECategory:French countable nouns#RECTANGLECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#RECTANGLECategory:French masculine nouns#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with entries#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#RECTANGLE
Derived terms
Adjective
rectangle (plural rectangles)Category:French lemmas#RECTANGLECategory:French adjectives#RECTANGLECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with entries#RECTANGLECategory:Pages with 3 entries#RECTANGLE
- (geometryCategory:fr:Geometry#RECTANGLE) right-angled (of a geometric figure)
- Antonyms: obtusangle, acutangle
- un triangle rectangle ― a right-angled triangleCategory:French terms with collocations#RECTANGLE
- un parallélépipède rectangle ― a rectangular cuboidCategory:French terms with collocations#RECTANGLE
Further reading
- “rectangle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012