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symmetrical

adj · 3 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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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɛtɹɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /səˈmɛtrək(ə)l/
  • New-Jersey: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /sɪˈmetɹɪkəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 M EH1 T R IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • symmetrical design
  • perfectly symmetrical
  • The building had a perfectly symmetrical façade.
  • She admired the symmetrical pattern of the snowflake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: symmetric

Antonyms: asymmetrical

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: symmetric

Antonyms: asymmetrical

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harmonious, proportionate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English symmetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English symmetrical From symmetry + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَنَاظِر (mutanāẓir) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Arabic: مُتَمَاثِل (mutamāṯil) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Asturian: simétricu — exhibiting symmetry
  • Belarusian: сіметры́чны (simjetrýčny) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Bulgarian: симетри́чен (simetríčen) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Catalan: simètric — exhibiting symmetry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對稱 /对称 (duìchèn) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Czech: souměrný — exhibiting symmetry
  • Czech: symetrický — exhibiting symmetry
  • Danish: symmetrisk — exhibiting symmetry
  • Dutch: symmetrisch — exhibiting symmetry
  • Esperanto: simetria — exhibiting symmetry
  • Finnish: symmetrinen — exhibiting symmetry
  • French: symétrique — exhibiting symmetry
  • Galician: simétrico — exhibiting symmetry
  • Georgian: სიმეტრიული (simeṭriuli) — exhibiting symmetry
  • German: symmetrisch — exhibiting symmetry
  • Greek: συμμετρικός (symmetrikós) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Hindi: सममित (sammit) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Hungarian: szimmetrikus — exhibiting symmetry
  • Icelandic: samhverfur — exhibiting symmetry
  • Indonesian: simetris — exhibiting symmetry
  • Irish: siméadrach — exhibiting symmetry
  • Irish: comhchruthach — exhibiting symmetry
  • Italian: simmetrico — exhibiting symmetry
  • Italian: speculare — exhibiting symmetry
  • Japanese: 対称な (taishō-na) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Khmer: ត្រឹម (trəm) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Manx: co-chrooagh — exhibiting symmetry
  • Manx: shimmeadragh — exhibiting symmetry
  • Māori: hangarite — exhibiting symmetry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: symmetrisk — exhibiting symmetry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: symmetrisk — exhibiting symmetry
  • Persian: متقارن (moteqâren) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Polish: symetryczny — exhibiting symmetry
  • Portuguese: simétrico — exhibiting symmetry
  • Romanian: simetric — exhibiting symmetry
  • Russian: симметри́чный (simmetríčnyj) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-chothromach — exhibiting symmetry
  • Serbo-Croatian: simètričan — exhibiting symmetry
  • Serbo-Croatian: rázmjēran — exhibiting symmetry
  • Serbo-Croatian: sklȁdan — exhibiting symmetry
  • Spanish: simétrico — exhibiting symmetry
  • Swedish: symmetrisk — exhibiting symmetry
  • Tagalog: parianyuin — exhibiting symmetry
  • Ukrainian: симетри́чний (symetrýčnyj) — exhibiting symmetry
  • Yiddish: סימעטריש (simetrish) — exhibiting symmetry
Real reading context

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