Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk square 3860 6898986 2009-06-28T12:08:04Z Yelod 229228 t+he:[[סולמית]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia|dab=Square}} ==English== [[Image:Square - black simple.svg|thumb|A square (polygon)]] [[Image:Komsomolskaya Square.JPG|thumb|Komsomolskaya Square at night]] ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|esquarre}} ( > modern {{term|équerre}}), from Vulgar Latin *{{term||exquadra}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|quadra||square}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|skwâr}}, {{IPA|/skwɛə(r)/}}, {{SAMPA|/skwE@(r)/}} * {{audio|en-us-square.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɛə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{geometry}} A [[polygon]] with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 [[degree]]s; a regular [[quadrilateral]] whose angles are all 90 [[degree]]s. #: I took refuge in the '''square''' form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.&mdash;[[q:Kazimir Malevich|Kazimir Malevich]] # An L- or T-shaped [[tool]] used to place objects or draw [[line]]s at [[right angle]]s. #: There are so many uses for the '''square''', in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications. - [http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/The_Carpenter_s_Square-Hand_Tools-A2046.html The Carpenter's Square] # An open space in a [[town]], not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye. #: You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town '''square'''. ''[[q:NewsRadio|NewsRadio]]'' # Anything, such as [[tile]]s or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape. #: ''You may not move a piece to a '''square''' already occupied by one of your own pieces.'' # {{mathematics}} The second [[power]] of a [[number]], [[value]], [[term]] or [[expression]]. #: ''64 is the '''square''' of 8.'' # {{slang}} A socially [[conventional]] person; typically associated with the 1950s #: ''Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a '''square'''!'' # {{British}} The symbol # on a [[telephone]]; [[hash]]. #: ''Enter your account number followed by a '''square'''.'' # {{cricket}} The central area of a [[cricket]] [[field]], containing several [[pitch]]es laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time. #: ''An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket '''square''', measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.'' # {{context|real estate jargon}} A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 [[square feet]] or roughly 9.3 [[square metre]]s. Used in [[real estate]] for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia. #: 2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the '''square''' ... &mdash; [[w:Macquarie Bank|Macquarie Bank]] (Australia), press release ''Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared"'', 21 June 2006 [http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm] #: 2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 '''squares''' of living space plus over 13 '''squares''' of decking area on 3 sides and 17 '''squares''' of garage and workshop downstairs. &mdash; Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania [http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php] # {{North America}} A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert. # {{context|academia}} A [[w:mortarboard|mortarboard]] # {{colloquial|US}} A [[square meal]]. #: ''Even when times were tough, we got three '''squares''' a day. # {{context|roofing}} A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|polygon}}: {{qualifier|rare}} [[tetragon]] * {{sense|square}}: [[piazza]], [[plaza]] * {{sense|# symbol}}: [[hash]], [[sharp]], {{qualifier|US}} [[pound sign]] ====Derived terms==== {{der-top|Terms derived from the noun "square"}} * [[carpenter's square]] * [[chi-square]] * [[combination square]] * [[difference of two squares]] * [[four square]] * [[framing square]] * [[goal square]] * [[kid on the square]] * [[Latin square]] * [[machinist square]] * [[magic square]] * [[market square]] * [[mean square]] * [[miter square]] * [[on the square]] {{der-mid}} * [[optical square]] * [[over square]] * [[perfect square]] * [[public square]] * [[Punnet square]] * [[set square]] * [[square bashing]] * [[square one]] * [[square tab shingle]] * [[steel square]] * [[T-square]] * [[three-square]] * [[town square]] * [[try square]] * [[under square]] * [[word square]] {{der-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|polygon}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[مربع]]}} {{unicode|(murábbaʕ)}} {{m}} * Armenian: [[քառակուսի]] (k'aṙakusi) * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|kvadrat|m}} * Chinese: [[正方]] (zhèngfāng) * Czech: {{t+|cs|čtverec|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vierkant|n}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|kvadrato|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|neliö}} * French: {{t+|fr|carré|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Quadrat|n}} * Hebrew: [[ריבוע|רִבּוּעַ]] (ribu'a) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|négyzet}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|ferningur|m}} * Irish: {{t+|ga|cearnóg|f|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|quadrato|m}} * Japanese: {{Jpan|[[正方形]]}} ({{Jpan|[[せいほうけい]]}}, seihōkei) * Korean: [[정사각형]] (jeongsagakhyeong) {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: [[kvadrāts]] {{m}} * Lithuanian: [[kvadratas]] {{m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|квадрат|m|tr=kvádrat|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t|ms|Poligon|xs=Malay}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[സമചതുരം]] (samachathuram) * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[مربع]]}} (mora-ba) {{fa-Arab|[[چهار گوش]]}} (chahaar-goosh) * Polish: {{t+|pl|kwadrat|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|квадрат|m|tr=kvadrát|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[ceàrnan]] {{m}}, [[ceàrnag]] {{f}} * Slovak: [[štvorec]] {{m}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|kvadrat|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|cuadrado|m}} * Swedish: [[kvadrat]] {{c}}, [[fyrkant]] {{c}} (''informal'') * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|చతురస్రం|sc=Telu}} (chaturasraM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kare|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|tool}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winkelhaak|m}} * French: {{t+|fr|équerre|f}} * Malay: {{t|ms|perkakas|xs=Malay}} * Polish: [[ekierka]] {{f}} * Portuguese: [[esquadro]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|угольник|m|tr=ugól'nik|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[ceàrn-righailt]] {{f}}, [[cromadh-dìreach]] {{m}} * Spanish: [[escuadra]] {{f}}, [[cartabón|cartabón]] {{m}} {{qualifier|45º}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|open space in a town}} * Armenian: [[հրապարակ]] (hraparak) * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|trg|m}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|náměstí|n}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|plein|n}}, {{t+|nl|markt|f}}, {{t+|nl|plaats|f}}, {{t+|nl|square|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|aukio}}, {{t+|fi|tori}} * French: {{t+|fr|place|f}}, {{t+|fr|marché|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Platz|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|πλατεία|f|tr=plateía|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|כיכר|tr=kikar|sc=Hebr}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tér}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|torg|n}} * Irish: [[cearnóg an bhaile]] {{f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|piazza|f}} * Japanese: {{Jpan|[[広場]]}} ({{Jpan|[[ひろば]]}}, hiroba) {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|aikštė|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|плоштад|m|tr=plóštad|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t-|ms|dataran|m|f|n|c|xs=Malay}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[കവല]] (kavala), [[ചത്വരം]] (chathvaram) * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[میدان]]}} (may-daan) * Polish: [[skwer]] {{m}}, [[plac]] {{m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|praça|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|площадь|f|tr=plóščad|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovak: [[námestie]] {{c}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|trg|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|plaza|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|torg|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|second power}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|drugi stepen|m}} * Czech: [[druhá mocnina]] {{f}} * Dutch: [[kwadraat]] {{n}}, [[tweede macht]] {{f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|neliö}} * French: {{t+|fr|carré|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Quadrat|n}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|négyzet}} * Icelandic: [[annað]] [[veldi]] {{n}} * Irish: [[uimhir chearnach]] {{f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|quadrato|m}} * Japanese: {{Jpan|[[平方]]}} ({{Jpan|[[へいほう]]}}, heihō) {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|квадрат|m|tr=kvádrat|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Malay: {{t|ms|kuasa dua|m|f|n|c|xs=Malay}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[വര്‍ഗ്ഗം]] (vargam) * Polish: {{t+|pl|kwadrat|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|квадрат|m|tr=kvadrát|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|kvadrat|m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|cuadrado|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|kvadrat|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[వర్గం]] (vargaM) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang: socially conventional person}} <!--Note: put SLANG translations here, where these exist--> * German: {{t+|de|Spießer|m}} * Malay: {{t|ms|seorang yang sosialnya konvensional|xs=Malay}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} * Spanish: [[cuadriculado]] {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|# symbol on a telephone}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|hekje|n}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ruutu}}, {{t-|fi|risuaita}} * German: {{t+|de|Doppelkreuz|n}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|סולמית|tr=solamit|sc=Hebr}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|ferningur|m}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|hais|f|xs=Irish}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|тараба|f|tr=táraba|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} {{trans-mid}} * Malay: {{t-|ms|hash|xs=Malay}} * Portuguese: [[sustenido]] {{m}} * Russian: {{t|ru|решётка|f|tr=r'ešótka|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: [[almohadilla]] {{f}} * Swedish: [[fyrkant]] {{c}}, [[brädgård]] {{c}} (slang) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|central area of a cricket field}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|square foot}} * Finnish: [[neliöjalka]] {{trans-mid}} * Malay: {{t|ms|kaki persegi|xs=Malay}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Catalan}}: (1) [[quadrat]] {{m}} [[:ca:quadrat|^]] * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[正方型]] (zhèngfāng xíng) (1); [[广场]] (guǎngchǎng) (3); [[平方]] (píngfāng) (4) * {{ttbc|German}}: (2): (''try square'') [[Anschlagwinkel]] {{m}}, (''T-square'') [[Zeichenschiene]] {{f}}; * {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: (1): [[quadrato]]; (2): [[esquadra]]; (3): [[placia]]; (6): [[conventional]], [[conservator]] * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[정사각형]] [正四角形] (jeongsagakhyeong) * {{ttbc|Latin}}: (1): [[quadrum]], [[quadratum]] * {{ttbc|Romanian}}: (1): [[pătrat]] {{n}}; (2): [[echer]] {{n}}; (3): [[piaţă]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Serbian}}: :* Cyrillic: [[квадрат]] {{m}} (1), [[трг]] {{m}} (3), [[други степен]] {{m}} (4) :* Roman: [[kvadrat]] {{m}} (1), [[trg]] {{m}} (3), [[drugi stepen]] {{m}} (4) {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|squarer|squarest}} # Shaped like a square (the polygon). # At [[right angle]]s to. # Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself. #: '''''square''' metre'' #: '''''square''' mile'' # [[honest|Honest]]; straightforward. #: ''It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three '''square''' meals a day.'' # [[fair|Fair]]. #: ''I'm just looking for a '''square''' deal on my car repair.'' # {{slang}} Socially conventional; boring. # {{cricket}} in line with the [[batsman]]'s [[popping crease]]. # Correctly [[align]]ed with respect to something else ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|honest, straightforward}} [[above board]], [[on the level]], [[on the square]], [[on the up and up]], [[straight]] ====Derived terms==== {{der-top|Terms derived from the adjective "square"}} * [[all square]] * [[be there or be square]] * [[fair and square]] * [[square bracket]] * [[square centimetre]], [[square centimeter]] * [[square circle]] * [[square dancing]] * [[square deal]] * [[square drive]] * [[square flipper]]/[[squareflipper]] * [[square foot]] * [[square inch]] * [[square leg]] * [[square knot]] {{der-mid}} * [[square matrix]] * [[square meal]] * [[square metre]], [[square meter]] * [[square mile]] * [[square number]] * [[square pyramid]] * [[square rod]] * [[square root]] * [[square sail]] * [[square shooter]] * [[square-shouldered]] * [[square-toed]] * [[square yard]] * [[squarely]] * [[squareness]] * [[T-squared]] {{der-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|shaped like a square}} * Dutch: [[vierkant]], [[vierkante]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|nelikulmainen}} * French: {{t+|fr|carré|m}}, {{t+|fr|carrée|f}} * German: {{t-|de|quadratisch}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|négyszögletes}} * Icelandic: [[ferningslaga]] * Irish: [[cearnógach]] * Italian: {{t+|it|quadrato|m}}, {{t+|it|quadrata|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Malay: {{t|ms|segi empat sama|xs=Malay}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|kwadratowy|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|квадратный|tr=kvadrátnyj|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|cuadrado|m}} * Swedish: [[kvadratisk]], [[fyrkantig]] * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|చతురస్ర|sc=Telu}} (chaturasra) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|at right angles to}} * Dutch: met [[rechte]] hoek * Finnish: {{t+|fi|suora|alt=suorassa}} {{t+|fi|kulma|alt=kulmassa}} {{t+|fi|jokin|alt=johonkin}} {{t-|fi|nähden}} * French: [[perpendiculaire]] à {{m|f}} * German: {{t+|de|rechtwinklig}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|derékszögű}}, {{t|hu|merőleges}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[hornréttur]] * Italian: [[perpendicolare]] a {{m|f}} * Malay: {{t|ms|persegi|xs=Malay}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perpendicular|m|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|perpendicular|m|f}} * Swedish: [[vinkelrät mot]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in the names of units}} * Czech: [[čtvereční]] * Dutch: [[vierkante]] * French: {{t+|fr|carré|m}}, {{t+|fr|carrée|f}} * German: [[Quadrat]]- (''used as a prefix to form compound words'') ** ''[[Quadratmeter]]'' - square metre * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|négyzet}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[fer-]] * Italian: {{t+|it|quadrato|m}}, {{t+|it|quadrata|f}} * Malay: {{t|ms|persegi|xs=Malay}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} * Swedish: [[kvadrat-]] * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|చదరపు|sc=Telu}} (chadarapu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|socially conventional}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|kockafejű}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadrado|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: [[fyrkantig]] {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|German}}: (4): [[anständig]]; (5): [[spießig]] {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|squar|ing}} # {{transitive}} To [[adjust]] so as to [[align]] with or place at a [[right angle]] to something else. #: ''The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be '''squared'''.'' # To [[resolve]]. #: ''John can '''square''' this question up for us.'' #: ''These results just don't '''square'''.'' # {{context|transitive|mathematics}} Of a value, term{{,}} or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second [[power]]. ====Derived terms==== {{der-top|terms derived from the verb "square"}} * [[square away]] * [[square off]] * [[square up]] * [[square with]] * [[squaring the circle]] {{der-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|adjust something so that aligns with or is a right angle to something else}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alinhar}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|resolve}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|oplossen}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[resolver]] {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|resolver}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|multiply by itself}} * Dutch: [[kwadrateren]], [[tot de tweede macht verheffen]] * French: [[élever au carré]] * German: {{t+|de|quadrieren}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[quadrar]] {{trans-mid}} * Malay: {{t|ms|kuasa dua|xs=Malay}} * Polish: [[podnosić do kwadratu]], [[podnosić do drugiej potęgi]] * Portuguese: [[elevar ao quadrado]] {{m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|kvadrera}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[w:square|Wikipedia article on squares]] * [[cubic]] * [[quadrilateral]] * [[rectangle]] * [[rhombus]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Shapes]] [[Category:Units of measure]] [[ar:square]] [[de:square]] [[et:square]] [[el:square]] [[es:square]] [[fa:square]] [[fr:square]] [[ko:square]] [[hy:square]] [[io:square]] [[id:square]] [[it:square]] [[kk:square]] [[sw:square]] [[ku:square]] [[hu:square]] [[nl:square]] [[ja:square]] [[no:square]] [[pl:square]] [[pt:square]] [[ru:square]] [[simple:square]] [[fi:square]] [[sv:square]] [[ta:square]] [[te:square]] [[th:square]] [[vi:square]] [[zh:square]]