symmetrical

English

Example of an symmetrical shape.

Etymology

Etymology tree

English symmetry

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ical

English -ical

English symmetrical

From symmetry + -ical.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /sɪˈmɛtɹɪkəl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛtrək(ə)l/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /sɪˈmetɹɪkəl/
• Hyphenation: sym‧met‧ri‧cal

Adjective

symmetrical (comparative more symmetrical, superlative most symmetrical)

1. Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.

   Synonym: symmetric

   Antonym: asymmetrical

   symmetrical design

   perfectly symmetrical

   The building had a perfectly symmetrical façade.

   She admired the symmetrical pattern of the snowflake.

Derived terms

• antisymmetrical
• axisymmetrical
• centrosymmetrical
• dissymmetrical
• hypersymmetrical
• monosymmetrical
• nonaxisymmetrical
• nonsymmetrical
• oversymmetrical
• persymmetrical
• polysymmetrical
• pseudosymmetrical
• quasisymmetrical
• subsymmetrical
• supersymmetrical
• symmetrical balance
• symmetricality
• symmetrically
• symmetricalness
• symmetrical OCD
• symmetrical voice
• unsymmetrical

Related terms

• symmetric
• symmetricity
• symmetrize, symmetrise
• symmetry

Translations

exhibiting symmetry

• Arabic: مُتَنَاظِر m (mutanāẓir), مُتَمَاثِل m (mutamāṯil)
• Asturian: simétricu
• Belarusian: сіметры́чны (simjetrýčny)
• Bulgarian: симетри́чен (bg) (simetríčen)
• Catalan: simètric (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對稱 / 对称 (zh) (duìchèn)

• Czech: souměrný, symetrický
• Danish: symmetrisk
• Dutch: symmetrisch (nl)
• Esperanto: simetria (eo)
• Finnish: symmetrinen (fi)
• French: symétrique (fr)
• Galician: simétrico (gl)
• Georgian: სიმეტრიული (simeṭriuli)
• German: symmetrisch (de)
• Greek: συμμετρικός (el) (symmetrikós)
• Hindi: सममित (sammit)
• Hungarian: szimmetrikus (hu)
• Icelandic: samhverfur
• Indonesian: simetris (id)
• Irish: siméadrach, comhchruthach
• Italian: simmetrico (it), speculare (it)
• Japanese: 対称な (ja) (たいしょうな, taishō-na)
• Khmer: ត្រឹម (km) (trəm)
• Manx: co-chrooagh, shimmeadragh
• Māori: hangarite
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symmetrisk (no)

  Nynorsk: symmetrisk

• Persian: متقارن (fa) (moteqâren)
• Polish: symetryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: simétrico (pt)
• Romanian: simetric (ro)
• Russian: симметри́чный (ru) (simmetríčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-chothromach
• Serbo-Croatian: simètričan (sh), rázmjēran (sh), sklȁdan (sh)
• Spanish: simétrico (es)
• Swedish: symmetrisk (sv)
• Tagalog: parianyuin
• Ukrainian: симетри́чний (symetrýčnyj)
• Yiddish: סימעטריש (simetrish)