parallellogram

Danish

Noun

parallellogram c (singular definite parallellogrammet, plural indefinite parallellogrammer)

1. nonstandard spelling of parallelogram
   • 2014, Donna Tartt, Stillidsen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ... højtideligt vinterlys skrånede fra væg til væg i parallellogrammer der gled ned på tæppet og smalnede ud indtil de blegnede til ingenting ...

     ... ceremonious winter-light sloped from wall to wall in parallelograms that slid down onto the carpet and narrowed out until they faded into nothing ...

   • 1897, Historisk tidsskrift:

     Man kan træffe firlængede Gaarde, der i Regelrethed ikke give N utiden meget efter (Eks: Aageby, Snarup); men som oftest danne de Parallellogrammer, der ere aabne mod den ene Side, uregelrette Firkanter og skæve Mangekanter, der kun ...

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Declension

Declension of parallellogram

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	parallellogram	parallellogrammet	parallellogrammer	parallellogrammerne
genitive	parallellograms	parallellogrammets	parallellogrammers	parallellogrammernes

Hypernyms

• firkant

Hyponyms

• rombe, rektangel, kvadrat

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

parallellogram n (plural parallellogrammen, diminutive parallellogrammetje n)

1. parallelogram (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin parallēlogrammum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλόγραμμον (parallēlógrammon), neuter of παραλληλόγραμμος (parallēlógrammos, “limited by parallel lines”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos) + γραμμή (grammḗ).

Noun

parallellogram c or n

1. (geometry) a parallelogram (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length).

Usage notes

• Only common gender is listed in sources, but neuter gender appears to be more common among private people.

Declension

Declension of parallellogram

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parallellogram	parallellograms
	definite	parallellogrammen	parallellogrammens
plural	indefinite	parallellogrammer	parallellogrammers
	definite	parallellogrammerna	parallellogrammernas

Declension of parallellogram

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parallellogram	parallellograms
	definite	parallellogramet	parallellogramets
plural	indefinite	parallellogram	parallellograms
	definite	parallellogramen	parallellogramens

See also

• parallelltrapets

References

• “parallellogram”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “parallellogram”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “parallellogram”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)