different between rectangular vs megaron

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k?tæ??j?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?tæ??j?l?/
• Hyphenation: rec?tan?gu?lar

Adjective

rectangular (comparative more rectangular, superlative most rectangular)

1. Having a shape like a rectangle.
2. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

rectangle +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?k.t??.?u?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rek.ta?.?u?la?/

Adjective

rectangular (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

1. rectangular

Further reading

• “rectangular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

rectángulo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

• rectángulo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares, comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of retangular. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rectangulaire

Adjective

rectangular m or n (feminine singular rectangular?, masculine plural rectangulari, feminine and neuter plural rectangulare)

1. rectangular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

rectángulo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?tan?u?la?/, [re??.t?ã?.?u?la?]
• Hyphenation: rec?tan?gu?lar

Adjective

rectangular (plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

• rectángulo

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (mégaron).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?????n/

Noun

megaron (plural megara or megarons)

1. (architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
   • 1980, Keith DeVries (editor), Machteld J. Mellink, VII. Archaic Wall Paintings from Gordion, From Athens to Gordion: The Papers of a Memorial Symposium for Rodney S. Young, page 91,

     The megara faced north (“notebook north” equals true northeast) in the first court behind the archaic East Gate, similar in layout to their predecessors Megara 1 and 2 in the pre-Kimmerian East Court. Megaron C had gone through a period of use and a complete reconstruction before the Painted House was built.

   • 1985, G. R. H. Wright, Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine, page 141,

     The megaron is a hall building with an open-fronted porch, but this porch is not just any laterally confined space.

   • 2011, H. Gönül, Main topics and discussions on ancient Greek Architecture on West Anatolia, C. A. Brebbia, L. Binda (editors), Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XII, WIT Press, page 64,

     Probably he points out that the east room, used as oikos, is wider and shorter than the classical narrow and long megaron form. Although this house is interpreted as two megarons side by side, Akurgal [4] also states that the east wall of the space XIV is added later to the building, which means that the east part is not a megaron, but a rectangular room at the first construction phase.

Translations

Anagrams

• Germano-, Marengo, germano-, ramogen

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (mégaron).

Noun

megaron

1. (historical) megaron

Declension

Italian

Noun

megaron m (invariable)

1. megaron