How do you pronounce triangular?

The recorded pronunciation is /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/.

Where does triangular come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

triangular

/tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: tri-an-gu-lar
IPA: /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/

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Meaning

adj

Shaped like a triangle.

adj

Of, or pertaining to, triangles.

adj

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

adj

Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

Example Sentences

"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,[…]."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: triangulare, triangulaire, triangulāris

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
British English: /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/

Inflected Forms

more triangular (comparative) most triangular (superlative)

Derived Forms

equitriangular nontriangular obtriangular ovotriangular quasitriangular subtriangular triangularine triangularity triangularization triangularize triangularly unitriangular

Phrases

triangular colon triangular division triangular harp triangular hebesphenorotunda triangular matrix triangular number triangular prism triangular pyramid

Synonyms

leg-of-mutton threeside trigonal trilateral three-sided

Rhymes With

rectangular angular equiangular