quadrangle
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadrangle in British English:
UK [ˈkwɒdræŋgl]
How to pronounce quadrangle in American English:
US [ˈkwɑdræŋgl]
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- Noun:
- a four-sided polygon
- a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
Word Origin
- quadrangle (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French quadrangle (13c.) and directly from Late Latin quadrangulum "four-sided figure," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective quadrangulus "having four quarters," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four) + angulus "angle" (see angle (n.)). Meaning "four-sided court between buildings" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. The quadrangle symbol was found at 20 per cent of sites studied and has been linked to sites in south africa , india and south and north america .
- 2. Courtyard ( or quadrangle ) buildings are delightful structures to live and work in .
- 3. Fallen flowers is not a heartless thing to turn into chunni more quadrangle .
- 4. In a quadrangle of lahore 's elegant british-built high courts , beside a soothing fountain and surrounded by red-brick colonnades , some of these lawyers are on hunger-strike-or , more accurately , skipping lunch .