Dictionary

triangular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /tɹaɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/ (US)
• /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/ (UK)
• /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English triangulare, trianguler, triangulere, from Old French triangulaire, triangulier and Latin triangulāris. By surface analysis, tri- + -angular.

Meanings

1. Shaped like a triangle.
   • A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 15:
2. Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
3. Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
4. Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

Forms

Deriveds

quasitriangular · triangularine · triangular matrix · triangular prism · triangularize · triangularization · triangular hebesphenorotunda · subtriangular · triangularly · unitriangular · triangular division · triangular harp · ovotriangular · triangulo-triangular · triangularity · triangular trade · triangular colon · obtriangular · triangular pyramid · triangular number · equitriangular · nontriangular

Synonyms

trigonal · threeside · leg-of-mutton

Translations (68)

nn triangulær (shaped like a triangle) · hu háromszögletű (shaped like a triangle) · cs trojúhelníkový (shaped like a triangle) · fr triangulaire (shaped like a triangle) · bg триъгълен (shaped like a triangle) · da trekantet (shaped like a triangle) · pt triangular (of or pertaining to triangles) · fi kolmiomainen (shaped like a triangle) · fi kolmiomainen (having a triangle as a base) · bn ত্রিভুজাকৃতি (shaped like a triangle) · fi kolmikulmainen (shaped like a triangle) · la triangulus (shaped like a triangle) · tl tatsihain (of or pertaining to triangles) · it triangolare (shaped like a triangle) · es triangular (of or pertaining to triangles) · gl triangular (shaped like a triangle) · grc τρίγωνος (shaped like a triangle) · gv tree-uillinagh (shaped like a triangle) · nb trekanta (shaped like a triangle) · uk трику́тний (shaped like a triangle) · gd triantanach (having a triangle as a base) · fi kolmio- (of or pertaining to triangles) · hu háromszögű (shaped like a triangle) · de dreieckig (shaped like a triangle) · hu háromszög alapú (having a triangle as a base) · nl driehoeks- (of or pertaining to triangles) · pt triangular (shaped like a triangle) · nl driehoekig (shaped like a triangle) · nn trekanta (shaped like a triangle) · ru треуго́льный (shaped like a triangle) · gd triantanach (shaped like a triangle) · uz uchburchak (shaped like a triangle) · ru треуго́льный (of or pertaining to triangles) · de dreiecks- (of or pertaining to triangles) · fi kolmikantainen (having three elements or parties) · mi tapatoru (shaped like a triangle) · cs trojúhelníkový (of or pertaining to triangles) · gv tree corneilagh (shaped like a triangle) · yi דרײַקאַנטיק (shaped like a triangle) · sv triangulär (shaped like a triangle) · bg триъгълен (of or pertaining to triangles) · tl tatsihain (shaped like a triangle) · eo triangula (shaped like a triangle) · hu három résztvevős (having three elements or parties) · sv trekantig (shaped like a triangle) · yi דרײַעקיק (shaped like a triangle) · cs trojúhelníkovitý (shaped like a triangle) · gd triantanach (of or pertaining to triangles) · be трыку́тны (shaped like a triangle) · ga triantánach (of or pertaining to triangles) · fi kolmiomainen (of or pertaining to triangles) · ka სამკუთხა (shaped like a triangle) · fi kolmikulmainen (having a triangle as a base) · nb trekantet (shaped like a triangle) · pl trójkątny (shaped like a triangle) · mi tapatoru (of or pertaining to triangles) · pl trójkątowy (of or pertaining to triangles) · hu háromrészes (having three elements or parties) · hu háromoldalú (having three elements or parties) · es triangular (shaped like a triangle) · be трохвуго́льны (shaped like a triangle) · ar مُثَلَّث (shaped like a triangle) · hu háromszög alakú (shaped like a triangle) · br tric'hornek (shaped like a triangle) · eo triangula (of or pertaining to triangles) · ga triantánach (shaped like a triangle) · ga triantánach (having a triangle as a base) · nb triangulær (shaped like a triangle)