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English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rectangle

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -ārisbor.

English -ar

English rectangular

From rectangle + -ar.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə/
Hyphenation: rec‧tan‧gu‧lar
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

rectangular (not generally comparable, comparative more rectangular, superlative most rectangular)

Having a shape like a rectangle.
rectangular bench

rectangular grid

rectangular object

rectangular table
- 2019 April 3, Janelle Zara, “How to Organize Your Kitchen Like a Professional Chef”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 July 2020:
  Where rectangular storage containers make a mess of mismatched lids and sometimes unstackable shapes, the ordinary cylindrical deli cups used for food delivery are far superior.
Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

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Translations

having a shape like a rectangle

Arabic: مُسْتَطِيل (mustaṭīl)
Armenian: ուղղանկյուն (hy) (uġġankyun)
Bengali: আয়তক্ষেত্রাকৃতি (aẏotokkhetrakriti)
Bulgarian: правоъ́гълен (pravoắgălen)
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 Greek: 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)
Māori: 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)
Polish: prostopadłościenny

Catalan

Etymology

From rectangle +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

rectangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

rectangular

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)

rectangular

Related terms

rectángulo

Portuguese

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retangular; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Romanian

Alternative forms

ректангулар (rectangular) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

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French rectangle

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -ārisslbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusslbor.

French -aire

French rectangulairebor.

Romanian rectangular

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/neuter plural rectangulare)

rectangular

Declension

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

Spanish

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Medieval Latinlbor.

Late Latin rectangulumlbor.

Spanish rectángulo

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish rectangular

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)

rectangular

Related terms

rectángulo

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