quadrangle

English

Etymology

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kwŏdʹrăng'gl, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒdˌɹæŋ.ɡəl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

quadrangle (plural quadrangles)

1. (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.

   Synonym: (informal) quad

   • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 7, in A Separate Peace:

     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.

3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
   • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 13, in A Separate Peace:

     The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

Synonyms

• (geometry): quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon; see also Thesaurus:quadrilateral

Hyponyms

• (geometry): rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid

Derived terms

• love quadrangle

 

Translations

quadrilateral — see quadrilateral

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.dʁɑ̃ɡl/, /ka.dʁɑ̃ɡl/

• Audio:

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Noun

quadrangle f (plural quadrangles)

1. (geometry) quadrangle

Derived terms

• quadrangulaire

Further reading

• “quadrangle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

Late Latin quadrangulum.

Noun

quadrangle oblique singular, m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)

1. quadrangle (four-sided polygon)

Adjective

quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)

1. quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)