triangular

English

A triangular sign

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/, /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /tɹaɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/

Adjective

triangular (comparative more triangular, superlative most triangular)

  1. Shaped like a triangle.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
      A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, [].
  2. Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
  3. Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
  4. Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

Synonyms

Translations

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Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /tɾi.əŋ.ɡuˈla/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /tɾi.aŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ/

Adjective

triangular (masculine and feminine plural triangulars)

  1. triangular

Verb

triangular (first-person singular present triangulo, past participle triangulat)

  1. to triangulate

Conjugation


Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

triangular m or f (plural triangulares)

  1. triangular, shaped like a triangle
  2. having a triangle as a base
  3. having three elements or parties

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin triangulāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾi.ɐ̃.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: tri‧an‧gu‧lar

Adjective

triangular m or f (plural triangulares, comparable)

  1. triangular

Verb

triangular (first-person singular present indicative triangulo, past participle triangulado)

  1. to triangulate

Conjugation


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾjanɡuˈlaɾ/, [t̪ɾjãŋɡuˈlaɾ]
  • Hyphenation: tri‧an‧gu‧lar

Adjective

triangular (plural triangulares)

  1. triangular

Verb

triangular (first-person singular present triangulo, first-person singular preterite triangulé, past participle triangulado)

  1. to triangulate

Conjugation

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