"quadrangular" meaning in English

See quadrangular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more quadrangular [comparative], most quadrangular [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English quadrangulere, from Late Latin quadrangulāris. Compare Middle French and French quadrangulaire. By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quadrangulere}} Middle English quadrangulere, {{der|en|la-lat|quadrangulāris}} Late Latin quadrangulāris, {{cog|frm,fr|quadrangulaire}} Middle French and French quadrangulaire, {{surf|en|quadr-|-angular}} By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular Head templates: {{en-adj}} quadrangular (comparative more quadrangular, superlative most quadrangular)
  1. Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle. Synonyms: quadrangulate Coordinate_terms: triangular, pentangular, hexangular Translations (in the shape of a quadrangle): чатырохвуго́льны (čatyroxvuhólʹny) (Belarusian), четириъгълен (četiriǎgǎlen) (Bulgarian), quadrangular (Catalan), vierhoekig (Dutch), kvarangula (Esperanto), nelinurkne (Estonian), nelikulmainen (Finnish), quadrangulaire (French), cuadrangular (Galician), viereckig (German), czworokątny (Polish), четырёхуго́льный (četyrjoxugólʹnyj) (Russian), cuadrangular (Spanish), чотирику́тний (čotyrykútnyj) (Ukrainian), چوگوشیہ (cogośeh) (Urdu)
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  2. Involving four participants or teams.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semiquadrangular, subquadrangular Related terms: quadrangle, quadrangularity, quadrangularly

Noun

Forms: quadrangulars [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quadrangulere, from Late Latin quadrangulāris. Compare Middle French and French quadrangulaire. By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quadrangulere}} Middle English quadrangulere, {{der|en|la-lat|quadrangulāris}} Late Latin quadrangulāris, {{cog|frm,fr|quadrangulaire}} Middle French and French quadrangulaire, {{surf|en|quadr-|-angular}} By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadrangular (plural quadrangulars)
  1. A competition involving four participants or teams.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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