Dictionary

quadrangle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, standard)
• /ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈkwɑd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (Australia)
• /ˈkwɔd.ɹaŋ.ɡʌl/ (Scotland)
• /ˈkwɒd.ɹaŋ.ɡəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkwɒd.ɹɛŋ.ɡəl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kwŏd′răng-gəl
• /ˈkwɑd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, dialectal)
• /ˈkwɔd.ɹaŋ.ɡəl/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quadrangle, borrowed from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Meanings

1. Synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
   • I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns. 1959, John Knowles, chapter 7, in A Separate Peace:
3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
   • The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School. 1959, John Knowles, chapter 13, in A Separate Peace:

Forms

Deriveds

love quadrangle

Synonyms

quad · quadrilateral

wikidata: Q36810