retângulo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rectângulo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu/ [heˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu/ [heˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu/ [χeˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lo/ [heˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈtɐ̃.ɡu.lu/

• (Portugal, with elision) IPA^(key): [ʁɛˈtɐ̃.ɡlu]
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡulu
• Hyphenation: re‧tân‧gu‧lo

Noun

retângulo m (plural retângulos)

1. rectangle

Related terms

• retangular

Further reading

• “retângulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “retângulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026