different between patio vs quadrangle

English

Etymology

From Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati), from Latin pactum (“pact, agreement, bargain”), or alternatively from Latin patere (“to lie open”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæti.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pætio?/

Noun

patio (plural patios)

1. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
2. An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• catio
• patio doors
• patio furniture

Translations

See also

• terrace

Anagrams

• -topia, taipo, topia

Finnish

Noun

patio

1. patio

Declension

Anagrams

• Tapio, apoit, opita, pitoa

French

Etymology

From Spanish patio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sjo/

Noun

patio m (plural patios)

1. patio

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish patio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pat.j?/

Noun

patio n

1. (architecture) patio (inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses)

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• patio in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• patio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

• Possibly from Old Occitan patu or pati, from Latin pactum.
• Alternatively, from Latin pate? (“to lie open”).

Noun

patio m (plural patios)

1. yard, patio
2. courtyard
3. playground (Clipping of patio de recreo.) or (Clipping of patio de juegos.)

Derived terms

• patio de comidas (“food court”)

Descendants

• ? English: patio
• ? Finnish: patio
• ? French: patio
• ? Polish: patio
• ? Russian: ?????? (pátio)

English

Etymology

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kw?d?r?ng'gl, IPA^(key): /?kw?d??æ?.??l/

Noun

quadrangle (plural quadrangles)

1. (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
   • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 7,

     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.

3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
   • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,

     The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

Synonyms

• (geometry): quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon; see also Thesaurus:quadrilateral

Hyponyms

• (geometry): rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

quadrangle f (plural quadrangles)

1. (geometry) quadrangle

Derived terms

• quadrangulaire

Old French

Etymology

Late Latin quadrangulum.

Noun

quadrangle m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)

1. quadrangle (four-sided polygon)

Adjective

quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)

1. quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)