Standard Lemma guide

rectangle

adj · noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Right-angled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • a rectangle triangle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

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

Broader terms: polygon

3

noun

Meaning 3

Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, polygon

4

noun

Meaning 4

A right angle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The product of two quantities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a parallelogram with four right angles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parallelogram

Narrower terms: square, foursquare, box

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

Across languages

Translations

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: drejtkëndësh — quadrilateral
  • Southern Altai: тӱс толукту булуҥ (tüs toluktu buluŋ) — quadrilateral
  • Arabic: مُسْتَطِيل (mustaṭīl) — quadrilateral
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܘܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (tāwrīḵā) — quadrilateral
  • Armenian: ուղղանկյուն (uġġankyun) — quadrilateral
  • Asturian: rectángulu — quadrilateral
  • Aymara: wiskhalla — quadrilateral
  • Azerbaijani: düzbucaq — quadrilateral
  • Basque: laukizuzen — quadrilateral
  • Belarusian: прамавуго́льнік (pramavuhólʹnik) — quadrilateral
  • Belarusian: прастаку́тнік (prastakútnik) — quadrilateral
  • Bengali: আয়তক্ষেত্র (aẏotokkhetro) — quadrilateral
  • Breton: skouergorneg — quadrilateral
  • Bulgarian: правоъгъ́лник (pravoǎgǎ́lnik) — quadrilateral
  • Burmese: လေးထောင့် (le:htaung.) — quadrilateral
  • Burmese: စတုဂံ (ca.tu.gam) — quadrilateral
  • Catalan: rectangle — quadrilateral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長方形 /长方形 (chángfāngxíng) — quadrilateral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 矩形 (jǔxíng) — quadrilateral
  • Czech: obdélník — quadrilateral
  • Danish: rektangel — quadrilateral
  • Dutch: rechthoek — quadrilateral
  • Egyptian: i-f:d:N23 (jfd) — quadrilateral
  • Esperanto: ortangulo — quadrilateral
  • Esperanto: rektangulo — quadrilateral
  • Estonian: ristkülik — quadrilateral
  • Faroese: rætthyrningur — quadrilateral
  • Finnish: suorakulmio — quadrilateral
  • French: rectangle — quadrilateral
  • North Frisian: Rochthuk — quadrilateral
  • West-Frisian: rjochthoek — quadrilateral
  • Galician: rectángulo — quadrilateral
  • Georgian: მართკუთხედი (martḳutxedi) — quadrilateral
  • German: Rechteck — quadrilateral
  • German: Karree — quadrilateral
  • German: Orthogon — quadrilateral
  • Greek: ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο (orthogónio parallilógrammo) — quadrilateral
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρθογώνιον (orthogṓnion) — quadrilateral
  • Haitian Creole: rektang — quadrilateral
  • Hebrew: מַלְבֵּן (malbén) — quadrilateral
  • Hindi: आयत (āyat) — quadrilateral
  • Hungarian: téglalap — quadrilateral
  • Icelandic: rétthyrningur — quadrilateral
  • Ido: rektangulo — quadrilateral
  • Indonesian: persegi panjang — quadrilateral
  • Ingrian: oikianurkkain — quadrilateral
  • Interlingua: rectangulo — quadrilateral
  • Irish: dronuilleog — quadrilateral
  • Italian: rettangolo — quadrilateral
  • Japanese: 長方形 (chōhōkei) — quadrilateral
  • Japanese: 矩形 (kukei) — quadrilateral
  • Kankanaey: kaman-ruwangan — quadrilateral
  • Kannada: ಆಯತ (āyata) — quadrilateral
  • Kashubian: prostonórt — quadrilateral
  • Kazakh: тікбұрыш (tıkbūryş) — quadrilateral
  • Khmer: ចតុកោណកែង (caʼtokaon kaeng) — quadrilateral
  • Korean: 직사각형 (jiksagakhyeong) — quadrilateral
  • Korean: 구형 (guhyeong) — quadrilateral
  • Korean: 장방형 (jangbanghyeong) — quadrilateral
  • Kumyk: тюз мююшлюк (tüz müyuşlük) — quadrilateral
  • Kyrgyz: тик бурчтук (tik burctuk) — quadrilateral
  • Kyrgyz: тикбурч (tikburc) — quadrilateral
  • Lao: ຮູບສີ່ແຈສາກ (hūp sī chǣ sāk) — quadrilateral
  • Latin: rēctangulum — quadrilateral
  • Latin: rēctagōnum — quadrilateral
  • Latvian: taisnstūris — quadrilateral
  • Limburgish: rechhook — quadrilateral
  • Lithuanian: stačiakampis — quadrilateral
  • Lombard: retàngol — quadrilateral
  • Macedonian: правоа́голник (pravoágolnik) — quadrilateral
  • Malay: segiempat tepat — quadrilateral
  • Māori: tapawhā — quadrilateral
  • Māori: porowhā — quadrilateral
  • Māori: tapawhā hāngai — quadrilateral
  • Mongolian: тэгш өнцөгт (tegš öncögt) — quadrilateral
  • Navajo: nineezgo dikʼą́ — quadrilateral
  • Navajo: dikʼą́ągo heeneez — quadrilateral
  • Navajo: dį́įʼgo yistłʼah — quadrilateral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rektangel — quadrilateral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rektangel — quadrilateral
  • Occitan: rectangle — quadrilateral
  • Pashto: مستطيل (mostatil) — quadrilateral
  • Persian: مستطیل (mostatil) — quadrilateral
  • Persian: راستگوشه (râsat-guše) — quadrilateral
  • Piedmontese: retàngol — quadrilateral
  • Polish: prostokąt — quadrilateral
  • Portuguese: rectângulo — quadrilateral
  • Portuguese: retângulo — quadrilateral
  • Punjabi: ਆਇਤ (āita) — quadrilateral
  • Quechua: wask'a — quadrilateral
  • Romanian: dreptunghi — quadrilateral
  • Russian: прямоуго́льник (prjamougólʹnik) — quadrilateral
  • Northern Sami: rektáŋgel — quadrilateral
  • Sardinian: retàngulu — quadrilateral
  • Scottish Gaelic: dronn-uileannag — quadrilateral
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceart-cheàrnach — quadrilateral
  • Serbo-Croatian: правоугаоник — quadrilateral
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏вокӯтнӣк — quadrilateral
  • Serbo-Croatian: pravougaonik — quadrilateral
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁvokūtnīk — quadrilateral
  • Sicilian: rittànculu — quadrilateral
  • Silesian: prostokůnt — quadrilateral
  • Slovak: obdĺžnik — quadrilateral
  • Slovene: pravokotnik — quadrilateral
  • Somali: laydi — quadrilateral
  • Lower Sorbian: pšawokut — quadrilateral
  • Upper Sorbian: praworóžk — quadrilateral
  • Spanish: rectángulo — quadrilateral
  • Sundanese: pasagi burung — quadrilateral
  • Swahili: mstatili — quadrilateral
  • Swedish: rektangel — quadrilateral
  • Tagalog: rektanggulo — quadrilateral
  • Tagalog: parihaba — quadrilateral
  • Tajik: росткунҷа (rostkunja) — quadrilateral
  • Tajik: мустатил (mustatil) — quadrilateral
  • Tajik: ростгуша (rostguša) — quadrilateral
  • Tamil: செவ்வகம் (cevvakam) — quadrilateral
  • Tatar: турыпочмак (turıpoçmaq) — quadrilateral
  • Telugu: దీర్ఘ చతురస్రం (dīrgha caturasraṁ) — quadrilateral
  • Thai: สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า (sìi-lìiam-pʉ̌ʉn-pâa) — quadrilateral
  • Turkish: dikdörtgen — quadrilateral
  • Turkish: mustatil — quadrilateral
  • Turkmen: gönüburçluk — quadrilateral
  • Ukrainian: прямоку́тник (prjamokútnyk) — quadrilateral
  • Urdu: مُسْتَطِیل (mustatīl) — quadrilateral
  • Uyghur: تىك تۆتبۇلۇڭ (tik tötbulung) — quadrilateral
  • Uzbek: toʻgʻriburchak — quadrilateral
  • Uzbek: mustatil — quadrilateral
  • Vietnamese: hình chữ nhật — quadrilateral
  • Waray-Waray: rectanggulo — quadrilateral
  • Welsh: cyfongl — quadrilateral
  • West Flemish: rechtoek — quadrilateral
  • Yiddish: גראָדעק (grodek) — quadrilateral
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