adj · 4 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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General-American:/ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə/
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CMU ARPABET:R EH0 K T AE1 NG G Y AH0 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having a shape like a rectangle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
rectangular bench
rectangular grid
rectangular object
rectangular table
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having axes that meet each other with right angles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes
a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orthogonal
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having four right angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُسْتَطِيل
(mustaṭīl)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Armenian:
ուղղանկյուն
(uġġankyun)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Bengali:
আয়তক্ষেত্রাকৃতি
(aẏotokkhetrakriti)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Bulgarian:
правоъ́гълен
(pravoǎ́gǎlen)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Catalan:
rectangular
— having a shape like a rectangle
Chinese Mandarin:
矩形的
(jǔxíng de)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Czech:
obdélníkový
— having a shape like a rectangle
Czech:
rektangulární
— having a shape like a rectangle
Danish:
rektangulær
— having a shape like a rectangle
Dutch:
rechthoekig
— having a shape like a rectangle
Dutch:
rechthoekige
— having a shape like a rectangle
Esperanto:
ortangula
— having a shape like a rectangle
Finnish:
suorakulmainen
— having a shape like a rectangle
Finnish:
suorakaiteen muotoinen
— having a shape like a rectangle
French:
rectangulaire
— having a shape like a rectangle
Georgian:
მართკუთხა
(martḳutxa)
— having a shape like a rectangle
German:
rechteckig
— having a shape like a rectangle
German:
rechtwinklig
— having a shape like a rectangle
German:
rechtwinkelig
— having a shape like a rectangle
Greek:
ορθογώνιος
(orthogónios)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Ancient Greek:
ὀρθογώνιος
(orthogṓnios)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Hebrew:
מלבני
(malbení)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Italian:
rettangolare
— having a shape like a rectangle
Japanese:
直角の
(chokkaku no)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Latin:
rectiangulus
— having a shape like a rectangle
Latin:
rectangulus
— having a shape like a rectangle
Macedonian:
правоаголен
(pravoagolen)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Māori:
porowhā
— having a shape like a rectangle
Norwegian Bokmål:
rektangulær
— having a shape like a rectangle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
rektangulær
— having a shape like a rectangle
Piedmontese:
retangolar
— having a shape like a rectangle
Polish:
prostokątny
— having a shape like a rectangle
Portuguese:
retangular
— having a shape like a rectangle
Russian:
прямоуго́льный
(prjamougólʹnyj)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Serbo-Croatian:
u obliku pravougaonika
— having a shape like a rectangle
Serbo-Croatian:
pravougaoni
— having a shape like a rectangle
Spanish:
rectangular
— having a shape like a rectangle
Swedish:
rektangulär
— having a shape like a rectangle
Tagalog:
paritadlungin
— having a shape like a rectangle
Telugu:
చతురస్త్ర
(caturastra)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Telugu:
చదరం
(cadaraṁ)
— having a shape like a rectangle
Uzbek:
to’rtburchak
— having a shape like a rectangle
Welsh:
cyfongl
— having a shape like a rectangle
Finnish:
suorakulmainen
— having axes that meet each other with right angles
