quadrilateral

See also: quadrilatéral

English

quadrilateral

Etymology

From Latin quadrilaterus, quadri- (“four”) + Latin laterālis (“sided”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɑd.ɹəˈlæt.ɚ.əl/; enPR: kwäd'rə-lăt′ər-əl

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• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

Noun

quadrilateral (plural quadrilaterals)

1. A polygon with four sides.
2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.

   The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:quadrilateral

Translations

polygon having four sides

• Arabic: رباعي الأضلاع‎
• Armenian: քառանիստ (hy) (kʿaṙanist)
• Azerbaijani: dördbucaq
• Belarusian: чатырохвуго́льнік (be) m (čatyroxvuhólʹnik)
• Bengali: চতুর্ভুজ (côturbhuj)
• Bulgarian: четириъгъ́лник m (četiriǎgǎ́lnik)
• Burmese: စတုဂံ (my) (ca.tu.gam), လေးထောင့် (my) (le:htaung.)
• Catalan: quadrilàter (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四邊形 (zh), 四边形 (zh) (sìbiānxíng)

• Czech: čtyřúhelník (cs) m
• Danish: firkant (da) c
• Dutch: vierhoek (nl)
• Esperanto: kvarlatero, kvarangulo
• Estonian: nelinurk
• Finnish: nelikulmio (fi)
• French: quadrilatère (fr), quadrangle (fr) m
• Georgian: ოთხკუთხედი (otxḳutxedi)
• German: Viereck (de)
• Greek: τετράπλευρο (el) n (tetráplevro)
• Hebrew: מרובע \ מְרֻבָּע‎ m (merubá)
• Hindi: चतुर्भुज (hi) (caturbhuj)
• Hungarian: négyszög (hu)
• Icelandic: ferhyrningur (is) m
• Italian: quadrilatero (it) m, quadrangolo (it) m
• Japanese: 四辺形 (ja) (しへんけい, shihenkei), 四角形 (ja) (しかっけい, shikakkei)

• Khmer: ចតុកោណ (km) (caʼtokaon)
• Korean: 사각형 (ko) (sagakhyeong)
• Lao: ຮູບສີ່ແຈ (lo) (hūp sī chǣ)
• Macedonian: четириаголник m (četiriagolnik)
• Malay: segi empat (ms), caturkona, tetragon
• Maori: tapawhā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: firkant (no) m

  Nynorsk: firkant m

• Persian: چهارضلعی‎ (fa), چهارور‎, چهارپهلو‎ (čahārpahlū)
• Polish: czworokąt (pl) m inan, czworobok (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: quadrilátero (pt) m, quadrângulo (pt) m
• Romanian: patrulater (ro), cadrilater
• Russian: четырёхуго́льник (ru) m (četyrjoxugólʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: četverougao
• Slovak: štvoruholník m
• Slovene: štirikotnik m
• Spanish: cuadrilátero (es) m
• Swahili: pembenne
• Swedish: fyrhörning (sv) c
• Tagalog: patsiha, patgilid
• Tamil: நாற்கரம் (nāṟkaram)
• Telugu: చతుర్భుజి (te) (caturbhuji)
• Thai: สี่เหลี่ยม (th) (sìi-lìiam)
• Turkish: dörtgen (tr)
• Ukrainian: чотирику́тник m (čotyrykútnyk)
• Zazaki: çehardag, çardag

Adjective

quadrilateral (not comparable)

1. Having four sides.

Translations

having four sides

• Arabic: رُبَاعِيّ الْجَوَانِب‎ (rubāʿiyy al-jawānib)
• Armenian: քառակողմ (hy) (kʿaṙakołm)
• Bulgarian: четиристранен (četiristranen)
• Catalan: quadrilàter (ca)
• Danish: firkantet
• Dutch: vierhoekig, quadrilateraal
• Finnish: nelisivuinen
• French: quadrilatéral (fr)
• Georgian: ოთხგვერდიანი (otxgverdiani)
• German: vierseitig, vierkantig
• Greek: τετράπλευρος (el) (tetráplevros)
• Hebrew: מרובע \ מְרֻבָּע‎ m (merubá)
• Hindi: चतुर्भुजीय (caturbhujīya)

• Hungarian: négyszögű, négyszögletű, négyoldalú
• Irish: ceathairshleasach
• Italian: quadrilatero (it)
• Japanese: 四辺形の (ja) (shihenkei no)
• Maori: tapawhā
• Polish: czworoboczny (pl)
• Portuguese: quadrilátero (pt), quadrilateral
• Romanian: cvadrilateral (ro) m
• Russian: четырёхсторо́нний (ru) (četyrjoxstorónnij)
• Slovak: štvorstranný
• Spanish: cuadrilátero (es)
• Tagalog: patsihain
• Welsh: pedrongl (cy)

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Portuguese

Adjective

quadrilateral m or f (plural quadrilaterais, comparable)

1. quadrilateral (having four sides)

   Synonym: quadrilátero