triangle

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Dreieck

Triangel

Dreikant

kleiner Asselspinner

kleiner Schneckenspinner

Dreiecksdrama

Reißdreieck

kleine Schildmotte

Synonyme

trigon

set square

triangular

trilateral

T-square

delta

triangle moth

three-cornered polygon

trigone

trigonum

trigona

carpenter's square

Übersetzungen

triangle

triangolo

triángulo

triângulo

triangle

driehoek

triangel

مثلث

τρίγωνο

üçgen

triangulum

trigonium

triangle

سێگۆشه

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: 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.