quadrilateral

See also: quadrilatéral

English

quadrilateral

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkwɒd.ɹəˈlæt.əɹ.əl/
• enPR: kwäd'-rə-lăt′-ər-əl

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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)
• Bengali: চতুর্ভুজ (côturbhuj)
• Catalan: quadrilàter 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
• 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: ferhliðungur m, fjórhliðungur m
• Italian: quadrilatero (it) m, quadrangolo (it) m
• Japanese: 四辺形 (しへんけい, shihenkei), 四角形 (ja) (しかっけい, shikakkei)
• Kannada: ចតុកោណ (ចតុកោណ)

• Lao: ຮູບສີ່ແຈ (lo) (hūp sī chǣ)
• Malay: segi empat, caturkona, tetragon
• Maori: tapawhā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: firkant (no) m

  Nynorsk: firkant m

• Persian: چهارضلعی‎‎ (fa), چهارور‎‎
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• Catalan: quadrilàter
• Danish: firkantet
• Dutch: vierhoekig, quadrilateraal
• French: quadrilatéral (fr)
• Georgian: ოთხგვერდიანი (otxgverdiani)
• German: vierseitig n
• Greek: τετράπλευρος (el) (tetráplevros)
• Hebrew: מרובע \ מְרֻבָּע‎‎ m (merubá)
• Hindi: चतुर्भुजीय (caturbhujīya)

• Irish: ceathairshleasach
• Italian: quadrilatero (it)
• Japanese: 四辺形の (shihenkei no)
• Maori: tapawhā
• Portuguese: quadrilátero (pt), quadrilateral
• Romanian: cvadrilateral (ro) m
• Russian: четырёхсторо́нний (ru) (četyrjoxstorónnij)
• Spanish: cuadrilátero (es)
• Tagalog: patsihain
• Welsh: pedrongl

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Portuguese

Adjective

quadrilateral m, f (plural quadrilaterais, comparable)

1. quadrilateral (having four sides)

Synonyms

• quadrilátero