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English

Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angul?ris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?.?ju.l?/, /-l??/

Adjective

angular (comparative more angular, superlative most angular)

1. Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.
2. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner
3. Sharp-cornered; pointed.

   • In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
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     Katakana??????????

4. Measured by an angle.

   angular distance

5. Lean, lank.
6. Ungraceful; lacking grace.
7. (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

   Synonyms: rude, rugged

8. (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

angular (plural angulars)

1. (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Anagrams

• lagunar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angul?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.?u?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?.?u?la?/

Adjective

angular (masculine and feminine plural angulars)

1. (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)

Related terms

• angle

Further reading

• “angular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “angular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “angular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “angular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angul?ris.

Adjective

angular m or f (plural angulares)

1. (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
2. angular (forming an angle)

Related terms

• ángulo

Further reading

• “angular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin angul?ris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?engulos.

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /??.?u.?la?/, /??.?u.?la?/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?u.?la?/, /??.?u.?la?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?u.?la?/

Adjective

angular m or f (plural angulares, comparable)

1. (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
2. angular (forming an angle)

   Synonym: angulado

Etymology 2

Ângulo (“angle”) +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /??.?u.?la(?)/, /??.?u.?la(?)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?u.?la(?)/, /??.?u.?la(?)/

Verb

angular (first-person singular present indicative angulo, past participle angulado)

1. to bend so it forms an angle

Conjugation

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

From French angulaire, from Latin angularis.

Adjective

angular m or n (feminine singular angular?, masculine plural angulari, feminine and neuter plural angulare)

1. angular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?u?la?/, [ã?.?u?la?]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin angul?ris.

Adjective

angular (plural angulares)

1. angular

Derived terms

Related terms

• ángulo

Etymology 2

From ángulo +? -ar.

Verb

angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulé, past participle angulado)

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Conjugation

Derived terms

• angulación

Further reading

• “angular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.