triangle
/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
noun
A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
noun
noun
A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
Example Sentences
- "Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon"
- "The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus."
- "One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy."
- "I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles."
- "But nothing is said as to what we are to do with the negro when we have cut him off from absolute dominion; we are not informed if we may spread him on the triangles as aforetime;"
- "After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye."
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: triangle, triangulum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
- British English: /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.
Inflected Forms
triangles (plural)
triangles (present, singular)
triangling (participle, present)
triangled (participle, past)
triangled (past)