rectangle
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rectangle
- /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
noun rectangles
- Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
- A right angle. 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?
- The product of two quantities. In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
adjective
- Right-angled. a rectangle triangle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rectangular, rect, badge, box, oblong, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrangle, orthotope, square, quadrate, quad, fourgon, triangle, tetragon, quadran
Translations
Every language
noun quadrilateral
| Español | rectángulo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 직사각형 jiksagakhyeong, 구형 guhyeong, 장방형 jangbanghyeong |
| 日本語 | 長方形 chōhōkei, 矩形 kukei |
| 中文 | 長方形 /长方形 chángfāngxíng, 矩形 jǔxíng |
| हिन्दी | आयत āyat |
| Kiswahili | mstatili |
| Português | rectângulo, retângulo |
| Français | rectangle |
| Deutsch | Rechteck, Karree, Orthogon |
| Italiano | rettangolo |
| Ελληνικά | ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο orthogónio parallilógrammo |
| Română | dreptunghi |
| Русский | прямоуго́льник prjamougólʹnik |
| Tiếng Việt | hình chữ nhật |
| العربية | مُسْتَطِيل mustaṭīl |
| עברית | מַלְבֵּן malbén |
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title = {rectangle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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