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.
2. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

Derived terms

• birectangular
• equirectangular
• hyperrectangular
• nonrectangular
• rectangular coordinates
• rectangular cuboid
• rectangular hyperbola
• rectangularity
• rectangularization
• rectangularly
• rectangularness
• rectangular number
• rectangularwise
• sub-rectangular
• subrectangular
• trirectangular

Translations

having a shape like a rectangle

Arabic: مُسْتَطِيل (mustaṭīl) Armenian: ուղղանկյուն (hy) (uġġankyun) Bengali: আয়তক্ষেত্রাকৃতি (aẏotokkhetrakriti) Bulgarian: правоъ́гълен (pravoǎ́gǎlen) Catalan: rectangular (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 矩形的 (zh) (jǔxíng de) Czech: obdélníkový (cs), rektangulární (cs) Danish: rektangulær Dutch: rechthoekig (nl), rechthoekige (nl) Esperanto: ortangula Finnish: suorakulmainen (fi), suorakaiteen muotoinen French: rectangulaire (fr) Georgian: მართკუთხა (martḳutxa) German: rechteckig (de), rechtwinklig (de), rechtwinkelig (de) Greek: ορθογώνιος (el) (orthogónios) Ancient: ὀρθογώνιος (orthogṓnios) Hebrew: מלבני (he) m (malbení) Italian: rettangolare (it) Japanese: 直角の (ja) (ちょっかくの, chokkaku no) Latin: rectiangulus, rectangulus Macedonian: правоаголен (pravoagolen) Maori: porowhā Norwegian: Bokmål: rektangulær (no) Nynorsk: rektangulær Piedmontese: retangolar Polish: prostokątny (pl) Portuguese: retangular (pt) Russian: прямоуго́льный (ru) (prjamougólʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: u obliku pravougaonika, pravougaoni Spanish: rectangular (es) Swedish: rektangulär (sv) Tagalog: paritadlungin Telugu: చతురస్త్ర (caturastra), చదరం (cadaraṁ) Uzbek: to’rtburchak Welsh: cyfongl

having axes that meet each other with right angles

Finnish: suorakulmainen (fi)

Catalan

Etymology

From rectangle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rək.təŋ.ɡuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rək.təŋ.ɡuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [rek.taŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar

Adjective

rectangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

1. rectangular

Further reading

• “rectangular”, 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

Galician

Alternative forms

• retangular (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Fron rectángulo +‎ ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /rɛktaŋɡuˈlaɾ/ [rɛk.t̪ɑŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /rɛktaŋɡuˈlaɾ/ [rɛk.t̪ɑŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /rɛktaŋħuˈlaɾ/ [rɛk.t̪ɑŋ.ħuˈlaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

• rectángulo

Further reading

• “rectangular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares, not comparable)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retangular. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ректангулар (rectangular) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French rectangulaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rek.tan.ɡuˈlar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar

Adjective

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

1. rectangular

Declension

Declension of rectangular

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	rectangular		rectangulară		rectangulari	rectangulare
	definite	rectangularul		rectangulara		rectangularii	rectangularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	rectangular		rectangulare		rectangulari	rectangulare
	definite	rectangularului		rectangularei		rectangularilor	rectangularelor

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

• rectángulo

Further reading

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