triangular

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/, /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /traɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/

Adjective

triangular ‎(comparative more triangular, superlative most triangular)

1. Shaped like a triangle.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess^[1]:

     A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].

2. Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
3. Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
4. Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

Synonyms

• threeside

Related terms

• triangular harp

Translations

shaped like a triangle

• Bengali: ত্রিভুজাকৃতি ‎(tribhujakriti)
• Breton: tric'hornek (br)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: trekantet (da)
• Dutch: driehoekig (nl)
• Finnish: kolmikulmainen (fi), kolmiomainen (fi)
• French: triangulaire (fr)
• Galician: triangular (gl)
• German: dreieckig (de)
• Hungarian: háromszögű (hu)
• Italian: triangolare (it)

• Latin: triangulus m
• Manx: tree-uillinagh, tree corneilagh
• Maori: tapatoru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trekantet, trekanta, triangulær

  Nynorsk: trekanta, triangulær

• Portuguese: triangular (pt) m, f
• Russian: треуго́льный (ru) ‎(treugólʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: triantanach
• Spanish: triangular (es)
• Tagalog: tatsihain
• Yiddish: דרײַעקיק ‎(drayekik), דרײַקאַנטיק ‎(draykantik)

of or pertaining to triangles

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kolmio- (fi), kolmiomainen (fi)
• German: dreiecks- (de)
• Maori: tapatoru
• Portuguese: triangular (pt) m, f

• Russian: треуго́льный (ru) ‎(treugólʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: triantanach
• Spanish: triangular (es)
• Tagalog: tatsihain

having a triangle as a base

• Finnish: kolmikulmainen (fi), kolmiomainen (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: triantanach

having three elements or parties

• Finnish: kolmikantainen

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} trekantet
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} driehoekig (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} dreieckig (de)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} háromszögű
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} triangulärt

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Catalan

Adjective

triangular m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural triangulars)

1. triangular

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Galician

Adjective

triangular m, f (plural triangulares)

1. triangular, shaped like a triangle
2. having a triangle as a base
3. having three elements or parties

Related terms

• triángulo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin triangularis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾi.ɐ̃.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/

Adjective

triangular m, f ‎(plural triangulares, comparable)

1. triangular

Verb

triangular ‎(first-person singular present indicative triangulo, past participle triangulado)

1. to triangulate

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb triangular

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	triangular
Personal	triangular	triangulares	triangular	triangularmos	triangulardes	triangularem
Gerund
	triangulando
Past participle
Masculine	triangulado			triangulados
Feminine	triangulada			trianguladas
Indicative
Present	triangulo	triangulas	triangula	triangulamos	triangulais	triangulam
Imperfect	triangulava	triangulavas	triangulava	triangulávamos	trianguláveis	triangulavam
Preterite	triangulei	triangulaste	triangulou	triangulamos triangulámos	triangulastes	triangularam
Pluperfect	triangulara	triangularas	triangulara	trianguláramos	trianguláreis	triangularam
Future	triangularei	triangularás	triangulará	triangularemos	triangulareis	triangularão
Conditional
	triangularia	triangularias	triangularia	triangularíamos	triangularíeis	triangulariam
Subjunctive
Present	triangule	triangules	triangule	triangulemos	trianguleis	triangulem
Imperfect	triangulasse	triangulasses	triangulasse	triangulássemos	triangulásseis	triangulassem
Future	triangular	triangulares	triangular	triangularmos	triangulardes	triangularem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	triangula	triangule	triangulemos	triangulai	triangulem
Negative (não)	-	triangules	triangule	triangulemos	trianguleis	triangulem

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Spanish

Adjective

triangular m, f ‎(plural triangulares)

1. triangular

Verb

triangular ‎(first-person singular present triangulo, first-person singular preterite triangulé, past participle triangulado)

1. to triangulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of triangular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			triangular
gerund			triangulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		triangulado		triangulada
		plural		triangulados		trianguladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	triangulo	triangulastú triangulásvos	triangula	triangulamos	trianguláis	triangulan
	imperfect	triangulaba	triangulabas	triangulaba	triangulábamos	triangulabais	triangulaban
	preterite	triangulé	triangulaste	trianguló	triangulamos	triangulasteis	triangularon
	future	triangularé	triangularás	triangulará	triangularemos	triangularéis	triangularán
	conditional	triangularía	triangularías	triangularía	triangularíamos	triangularíais	triangularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	triangule	triangulestú triangulésvos1	triangule	triangulemos	trianguléis	triangulen
	imperfect (ra)	triangulara	triangularas	triangulara	trianguláramos	triangularais	triangularan
	imperfect (se)	triangulase	triangulases	triangulase	triangulásemos	triangulaseis	triangulasen
	future	triangulare	triangulares	triangulare	trianguláremos	triangulareis	triangularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		triangulatú triangulávos	triangule	triangulemos	triangulad	triangulen
	negative		no triangules	no triangule	no triangulemos	no trianguléis	no triangulen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.