triangle

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A polygon with three sides and three angles.
2. (Canada, US) A set square.
3. A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
4. A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
5. A love triangle.
6. The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
7. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
8. (historical, plural-normally) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
9. Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
10. A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.

Sinonieme

trigon

set square

triangular

trilateral

T-square

delta

triangle moth

three-cornered polygon

trigone

trigonum

trigona

carpenter's square

Vertalings

triangle

triangolo

Dreieck

triángulo

triângulo

triangle

driehoek

Triangel

مثلث

triangel

τρίγωνο

üçgen

triangulum

triangle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: triangle

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + angle.