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quadrangle

/ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ UK
/ˈkwɒd.ɹaŋ.ɡəl/ UK
/ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ US
/ˈkwɑd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ Canada, standard
/ˈkwɑd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ Canada, dialectal
/ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ Australia
/ˈkwɒd.ɹɛŋ.ɡəl/ New Zealand
/ˈkwɔd.ɹaŋ.ɡəl/ Scotland
/ˈkwɔd.ɹaŋ.ɡʌl/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɒdɹæŋɡəl

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Inherited from Middle English quadrangle, borrowed from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

noun quadrangles

Synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
Similar: quadrilateral
A courtyard which is quadrangular. I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
Similar: quad
The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard. The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

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@misc{quadrangle_2026,
  title = {quadrangle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quadrangle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}