Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
To construct a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge, a task which is mathematically impossible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: literal
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To solve a famously difficult or impossible problem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Arabic:
رَبَّعَ الدائِرة
(rabbaʕa d-dāʔira)
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Chinese Cantonese:
化圓為方 /化圆为方
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Chinese Mandarin:
化圓為方 /化圆为方
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Finnish:
neliöidä ympyrä
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
German:
den Kreis quadrieren
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Greek:
τετραγωνίζω τον κύκλο
(tetragonízo ton kýklo)
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Hungarian:
kört négyszögesít
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Italian:
trovare la quadratura del cerchio
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Polish:
robić kwadraturę koła
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Polish:
zrobić kwadraturę koła
— to construct a square with the same area as a circle
-
Chinese Mandarin:
化圓為方 /化圆为方
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Finnish:
neliöidä ympyrä
— to solve a difficult problem
-
French:
trouver la quadrature du cercle
— to solve a difficult problem
-
German:
die Quadratur des Kreises finden
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Greek:
τετραγωνίζω τον κύκλο
(tetragonízo ton kýklo)
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Hungarian:
kört négyszögesít
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Italian:
trovare la quadratura del cerchio
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Polish:
rozwiązywać zagadkę
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Polish:
rozwiązać zagadkę
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Spanish:
hallar la cuadratura del círculo
— to solve a difficult problem
-
Walloon:
trover ene pire k' est ronde et plate et cwårêye
— to solve a difficult problem
