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quadrangle

Syllables: quad·ran·gleUK/ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl//ˈkwɔd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/

quadrangle noun: synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).

Noun

quadrangle (plural quadrangles)

  1. Synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
    Synonyms:
    quadrilateral
  2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
    • I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.1959, John Knowles, chapter 7, in A Separate Peace
    Synonyms:
    quad
  3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
    • The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.1959, John Knowles, chapter 13, in A Separate Peace

quadrangle meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

quadrangle in Tamil

நாற்கோணம், நாற்பக்க வடிவம், சதுக்கம், சதுர்முன்றில்

quadrangle in Marathi

quadrangle, quadrilateral
चौकोन ċaukon

quadrangle in Urdu

چہار گوشہ, چوکور, مربع, مستطیل

quadrangle in Bengali

চতুর্ভুজাকার প্রাঙ্গণ
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quadrangle in Telugu
చతురస్రము caturasramu, చదరము cadaramu
quadrangle in Malayalam
ചതുഷ്കോണം, ചതുർഭൂജം, നാലുകെട്ട്
quadrangle in Kannada
ನಾಲ್ಮೂಲೆ, ಚತುರ್ಭುಜಾಕೃತಿ, ಚೌಕಾಂಗಳ, ಪ್ರಾಂಗಣ

Examples of quadrangle in a sentence

  • The quadrangle below was very beautiful, with its walls of rugged grey, its cloisters, its grass carpet.
  • Edward Mellon's drawings depicted the tall structure Bowman required, but also included a number of odd-shaped Oxfordesque quadrangles surrounding the structure.
  • A number of magitek suits crashed out of one of the science labs, ran into the main quadrangle, and started break-dancing.

All 13 example sentences with quadrangle

Synonyms of quadrangle

Forms of quadrangle

pluralquadrangles

Plural of quadrangle: quadrangles

Origin of quadrangle

Inherited from Middle English quadrangle, borrowed from Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Words formed from quadrangle

Questions about quadrangle

What does quadrangle mean?
Quadrangle means synonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
What is quadrangle in Tamil?
Quadrangle in Tamil is நாற்கோணம், நாற்பக்க வடிவம், சதுக்கம். See Quadrangle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quadrangle?
Quadrangle is a noun.
How do you pronounce quadrangle?
Quadrangle is pronounced /ˈkwɒd.ɹæŋ.ɡəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of quadrangle?
The plural of quadrangle is quadrangles.

Words near quadrangle in the dictionary

  1. quadralogue
  2. quadralogues
  3. quadrals
  4. quadramodal
  5. quadran
  6. quadrangle
  7. quadrangled
  8. quadrangles
  9. quadrangular
  10. quadrangularin
  11. quadrangularins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quadrangle (page history and authors); quadrangle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चौकोन (Marathi) (page history and authors); quadrangle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadrangle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చతురస్రము (Telugu) (page history and authors); quadrangle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quadrangle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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