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triangle¹
- /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/ UK
- /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/ UK
- /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/ US
Rhymes with -aɪæŋɡəl, -æŋɡəl
Where it comes from
PIE word
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From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.
noun triangles
- A polygon with three sides and three angles. Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon
- A set square.
- A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
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A love triangle.
One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
Similar: love triangle, menage à trois
- The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment. I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles.
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Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
Similar: bluebottle
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A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye.
Similar: wye
verb triangles · triangling · triangled
- To form or be included in a three-part interaction, e.g., a Karpman drama triangle, such as by being ganged up on by two people or being torn between conflicting demands from two sources.
Triangle²
Where it comes from
From triangle; in North Carolina from being a triangular region.
proper noun
- The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive. I moved to the Triangle two years ago.
- A town in Broome County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia.
- A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.
- A hamlet in Hewelsfield and Brockweir parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5401).
- A suburb of Burntwood in Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0507).
- A small village south-west of Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0422).
- A small town in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe.
- Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: trigon, trilateral, triangular, direction, tripartite, trio, triptych, delta, wye, pattern, junction, advance, prd, trigone, trigonum, triquetra
Translations
Every language
noun polygon
| Español | triángulo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 삼각 samgak, 삼각형 samgakhyeong, 세모 semo |
| 日本語 | 三角 sankaku, 三角形 sankakukei |
| 中文 | 三角 sānjiǎo, 三角形 sānjiǎoxíng |
| हिन्दी | त्रिकोण trikoṇ, त्रिभुज tribhuj |
| Kiswahili | pembetatu |
| Português | triângulo |
| Français | triangle |
| Deutsch | Dreieck |
| Italiano | triangolo |
| Ελληνικά | τρίγωνο trígono |
| Română | triunghi |
| Русский | треуго́льник treugólʹnik |
| Tiếng Việt | tam giác, hình tam giác |
| العربية | مُثَلَّث muṯallaṯ |
| עברית | משולש \ מְשֻׁלָּשׁ meshulásh |
noun percussion instrument
| Español | triángulo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트라이앵글 teuraiaenggeul |
| 日本語 | トライアングル toraianguru |
| 中文 | 三角鐵 /三角铁 sānjiǎotiě |
| Português | triângulo, ferrinhos |
| Français | triangle |
| Deutsch | Triangel |
| Italiano | triangolo |
| Ελληνικά | τρίγωνο trígono |
| Română | trianglu |
| Русский | треуго́льник treugólʹnik |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻng tam giác, kẻng ba góc |
| עברית | משולש \ מְשֻׁלָּשׁ meshulásh |
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title = {triangle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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