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quadrilateral

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌkwɒdɹɪˈlætəɹəl/
  • Canada, US: /ˌkwɑdɹəˈlætəɹəl/
  • Canada, US: [ˌkhw̥ɑd̠ɹ̠˔wɪ̈ˈlæɾəɹəɫ]
  • Canada, US: kwäd'rə-lăt′ər-əl
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  • rhymes with -ætəɹəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having four sides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A polygon with four sides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having four sides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: four-sided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a four-sided polygon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quadrangle, tetragon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polygon, polygonal shape

Narrower terms: parallelogram, trapezium, trapezoid

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin quadrilaterus + -al.

Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رُبَاعِيّ الْجَوَانِب (rubāʕiyy al-jawānib) — having four sides
  • Armenian: քառակողմ (kʻaṙakoġm) — having four sides
  • Bulgarian: четиристранен (četiristranen) — having four sides
  • Catalan: quadrilàter — having four sides
  • Danish: firkantet — having four sides
  • Dutch: vierhoekig — having four sides
  • Dutch: quadrilateraal — having four sides
  • East Frisian Low German: färkantiğ — having four sides
  • Finnish: nelisivuinen — having four sides
  • French: quadrilatéral — having four sides
  • North Frisian: fiirkaonti — having four sides
  • North Frisian: fjuurhuket — having four sides
  • Saterland Frisian: fjauerkaantich — having four sides
  • Galician: cuadrilátero — having four sides
  • Georgian: ოთხგვერდიანი (otxgverdiani) — having four sides
  • German: vierseitig — having four sides
  • German: vierkantig — having four sides
  • Greek: τετράπλευρος (tetráplevros) — having four sides
  • Hebrew: מרובע \ מְרֻבָּע (merubá) — having four sides
  • Hindi: चतुर्भुजीय (caturbhujīya) — having four sides
  • Hungarian: négyszögű — having four sides
  • Hungarian: négyszögletű — having four sides
  • Hungarian: négyoldalú — having four sides
  • Irish: ceathairshleasach — having four sides
  • Italian: quadrilatero — having four sides
  • Japanese: 四辺形の (shihenkei no) — having four sides
  • Kazakh: төрткіл (törtkıl) — having four sides
  • Māori: tapawhā — having four sides
  • Polish: czworoboczny — having four sides
  • Portuguese: quadrilátero — having four sides
  • Portuguese: quadrilateral — having four sides
  • Romanian: cvadrilateral — having four sides
  • Russian: четырёхсторо́нний (četyrjoxstorónnij) — having four sides
  • Slovak: štvorstranný — having four sides
  • Spanish: cuadrilátero — having four sides
  • Tagalog: patsihain — having four sides
  • Welsh: pedrongl — having four sides
  • Albanian: katërkëndësh — polygon having four sides
  • Southern Altai: тӧрт-толук (tört-toluk) — polygon having four sides
  • Arabic: رُبَاعِيّ الْأَضْلَاع (rubāʕiyy al-ʔaḍlāʕ) — polygon having four sides
  • Armenian: քառանիստ (kʻaṙanist) — polygon having four sides
  • Azerbaijani: dördbucaq — polygon having four sides
  • Bashkir: дүртмөйөш (dürtmöyöş) — polygon having four sides
  • Belarusian: чатырохвуго́льнік (čatyroxvuhólʹnik) — polygon having four sides
  • Bengali: চতুর্ভুজ (coturbhuj) — polygon having four sides
  • Bulgarian: четириъгъ́лник (četiriǎgǎ́lnik) — polygon having four sides
  • Burmese: စတုဂံ (ca.tu.gam) — polygon having four sides
  • Burmese: လေးထောင့် (le:htaung.) — polygon having four sides
  • Catalan: quadrilàter — polygon having four sides
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四邊形 /四边形 (sìbiānxíng) — polygon having four sides
  • Czech: čtyřúhelník — polygon having four sides
  • Danish: firkant — polygon having four sides
  • Dutch: vierhoek — polygon having four sides
  • East Frisian Low German: färkâant — polygon having four sides
  • Esperanto: kvarlatero — polygon having four sides
  • Esperanto: kvarangulo — polygon having four sides
  • Estonian: nelinurk — polygon having four sides
  • Finnish: nelikulmio — polygon having four sides
  • French: quadrilatère — polygon having four sides
  • French: quadrangle — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: fjauerhuk — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: (Ockholm) fiirkånt — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: (Langenhorn) fiirkaant — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: sjauerhuk — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: Fjuurhuk — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: fiirkant — polygon having four sides
  • North Frisian: (Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll) fiirkoant — polygon having four sides
  • Saterland Frisian: Fjauerkaant — polygon having four sides
  • West-Frisian: fjouwerhoek — polygon having four sides
  • Galician: cuadrilátero — polygon having four sides
  • Galician: cuadrángulo — polygon having four sides
  • Georgian: ოთხკუთხედი (otxḳutxedi) — polygon having four sides
  • German: Viereck — polygon having four sides
  • Greek: τετράπλευρο (tetráplevro) — polygon having four sides
  • Gujarati: ચતુર્ભુજ (caturbhuj) — polygon having four sides
  • Hebrew: מרובע \ מְרֻבָּע (merubá) — polygon having four sides
  • Hindi: चतुर्भुज (caturbhuj) — polygon having four sides
  • Hindi: चतुष्कोण (catuṣkoṇ) — polygon having four sides
  • Hungarian: négyszög — polygon having four sides
  • Icelandic: ferhyrningur — polygon having four sides
  • Indonesian: segi empat — polygon having four sides
  • Ingrian: neljänurkkain — polygon having four sides
  • Italian: quadrilatero — polygon having four sides
  • Italian: quadrangolo — polygon having four sides
  • Japanese: 四辺形 (shihenkei) — polygon having four sides
  • Japanese: 四角形 (shikakkei) — polygon having four sides
  • Kazakh: төртбұрыш (törtbūryş) — polygon having four sides
  • Khmer: ចតុកោណ (caʼtokaon) — polygon having four sides
  • Korean: 사각형 (sagakhyeong) — polygon having four sides
  • Korean: 사변형 (sabyeonhyeong) — polygon having four sides
  • Korean: 네모 (nemo) — polygon having four sides
  • Kyrgyz: төртбурч (törtburc) — polygon having four sides
  • Lao: ຮູບສີ່ແຈ (hūp sī chǣ) — polygon having four sides
  • Latin: quadrilatus — polygon having four sides
  • Latvian: četrstūris — polygon having four sides
  • Lithuanian: keturkampis — polygon having four sides
  • Macedonian: четириа́голник (četiriágolnik) — polygon having four sides
  • Malay: segi empat — polygon having four sides
  • Malay: caturkona — polygon having four sides
  • Malay: tetragon — polygon having four sides
  • Malayalam: ചതുർഭുജം (catuṟbhujaṁ) — polygon having four sides
  • Māori: tapawhā — polygon having four sides
  • Moore: yãremde — polygon having four sides
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkant — polygon having four sides
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: firkant — polygon having four sides
  • Pannonian Rusyn: штироугелнїк (štirouhelnjik) — polygon having four sides
  • Pashto: څلورڅنډى (čalorčanḍay) — polygon having four sides
  • Persian: چهارضلعی (čahârzel'i) — polygon having four sides
  • Persian: چهارگوش (čahârguš) — polygon having four sides
  • Persian: چهارگوشه (čahârguše) — polygon having four sides
  • Persian: چهارپهلو (čahârpahlu) — polygon having four sides
  • Polish: czworokąt — polygon having four sides
  • Polish: czworobok — polygon having four sides
  • Portuguese: quadrilátero — polygon having four sides
  • Portuguese: quadrângulo — polygon having four sides
  • Romanian: patrulater — polygon having four sides
  • Romanian: cadrilater — polygon having four sides
  • Russian: четырёхуго́льник (četyrjoxugólʹnik) — polygon having four sides
  • Sardinian: cuadrilàteru — polygon having four sides
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceithir-cheàrnach — polygon having four sides
  • Serbo-Croatian: четвороугао — polygon having four sides
  • Serbo-Croatian: че̏тверокӯт — polygon having four sides
  • Serbo-Croatian: četverougao — polygon having four sides
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȅtverokūt — polygon having four sides
  • Slovak: štvoruholník — polygon having four sides
  • Slovene: štirikotnik — polygon having four sides
  • Spanish: cuadrilátero — polygon having four sides
  • Swahili: pembenne — polygon having four sides
  • Swedish: fyrhörning — polygon having four sides
  • Tagalog: patsiha — polygon having four sides
  • Tagalog: patgilid — polygon having four sides
  • Tajik: чоркунҷа (čorkunja) — polygon having four sides
  • Tajik: чоргӯша (čorgüša) — polygon having four sides
  • Tamil: நாற்கரம் (nāṟkaram) — polygon having four sides
  • Tatar: дүртпочмак (dürtpoçmaq) — polygon having four sides
  • Telugu: చతుర్భుజి (caturbhuji) — polygon having four sides
  • Thai: สี่เหลี่ยม (sìi-lìiam) — polygon having four sides
  • Turkish: dörtgen — polygon having four sides
  • Turkmen: dörtburçluk — polygon having four sides
  • Ukrainian: чотирику́тник (čotyrykútnyk) — polygon having four sides
  • Uzbek: toʻrtburchak — polygon having four sides
  • Vietnamese: hình tứ giác — polygon having four sides
  • Welsh: pedrongl — polygon having four sides
  • Zazaki: çehardag — polygon having four sides
  • Zazaki: çardag — polygon having four sides
Real reading context

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