triangular
UK/tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə//tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
triangular adjective: shaped like a triangle.
Adjective
triangular (comparative more triangular, superlative most triangular)
- Shaped like a triangle.
- 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,[…].1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 15
- Synonyms:
- leg-of-mutton
- Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
- Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
- Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.
triangular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
triangular in Hindi
- त्रिकोणीय, त्रिभुजाकार
triangular in Tamil
- மூக்கோண
triangular in Marathi
- त्रिकोणीय
triangular in Urdu
- مثلثی
More languagesFewer languages
- triangular in Bengali
- ত্রিভুজাকৃতি tribhujakriti
- triangular in Telugu
- త్రిభుజాకార, త్రిభుజాకారంగా
- triangular in Malayalam
- ത്രികോണാകൃതിയായ, മൂന്നുപേർ തമ്മിലുള്ള, ത്രിമൂർത്തിബന്ധിതമായ
- triangular in Kannada
- ತ್ರಿಕೋನಾಕಾರ, ತ್ರಿಕೋನಾಕಾರದ
- triangular in Gujarati
- ત્રિકોણ trikoṇ
- triangular in Odia
- ତ୍ରିକୋଣୀଯ଼, ତ୍ରିଭୁଜାକାର
- triangular in Nepali
- त्रिकोणीय, त्रिकोणात्मक, त्रिभुजाकार
- triangular in Tagalog
- tatsihain
- triangular in Arabic
- مُثَلَّث muṯallaṯ
Examples of triangular in a sentence
- Ten is a triangular number being the sum of 1, 2, 3, and 4.
- The corridor gradually opened up into a triangular room.
- Twice a triangular number is a heteromecic number.
Synonyms of triangular
Forms of triangular
| comparative | more triangular |
|---|---|
| superlative | most triangular |
Origin of triangular
From Middle English triangulare, trianguler, triangulere, from Old French triangulaire, triangulier and Latin triangulāris. By surface analysis, tri- + -angular.
Words formed from triangular
- equitriangular
- nontriangular
- obtriangular
- ovotriangular
- quasitriangular
- subtriangular
- triangular colon
- triangular division
- triangular harp
- triangular hebesphenorotunda
- triangularine
- triangularity
- triangularization
- triangularize
- triangularly
- triangular matrix
- triangular number
- triangular prism
- triangular pyramid
- triangular trade
- triangulo-triangular
- unitriangular
Phrases with triangular
Questions about triangular
- What does triangular mean?
- Triangular means shaped like a triangle.
- What is triangular in Hindi?
- Triangular in Hindi is त्रिकोणीय, त्रिभुजाकार. See Triangular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is triangular?
- Triangular is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce triangular?
- Triangular is pronounced /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/ (UK).
Words near triangular in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: triangular (page history and authors); triangular (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); triangular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); triangular (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); triangular (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); triangular (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); triangular (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); triangular (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ત્રિકોણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); triangular (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); triangular (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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