Pronunciation
- (US) SAMPA:/skwE@/
Noun
square (plural squares)
- (mathematics) A four-sided polygon with all sides equal in length and all angles equal.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- Ex. carpenter's square , try_square , framing_square
- Open leisure space in a town, often arborized (some better definition?)
- (mathematics)The second power of a number.
- 64 is the square of 8.
- (slang) A socially conventional person.
- Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
- (British) The symbol # on a telephone.
- Enter your account number followed by the square key.
Synonyms
Translations
- Catalan: (1) quadrat m (ca)
- Czech: (1): čtverec m; (4): druhá mocnina f
- Chinese: 正方型 (1);广场 (3);平方 (4)
- Dutch: (1): vierkant n
- Finnish: (1): neliö , (4): neliö
- French: (1): carré m; (2): équerre f; (3): place f; (4): carré m
- German: (1): Quadrat n (de) (1), (2): (try square) Anschlagwinkel m, (T-square) Zeichenschiene f; (3): Platz m; (4): Quadrat n; (5): Spießer m
- Greek: (plateia )
- négyzet
- Interlingua: (1): quadrato; (2): esquadra ; (3): placia ; (6): conventional, conservator
- cearnóg
- Italian: (1): quadrato m; (3): piazza f; (4): quadrato m
- Japanese: (1): 正方形 (せいほうけい, seihōkei); (3): 広場 (ひろば, hiroba)
- Korean: 정사각형 [正四角形] (jeongsagakhyeong)
- Latin: (1): quadrum , quadratum
- Polish: kwadrat (1,4) m, skwer (3) m
- Portuguese: (1): quadrado m; (2): esquadro m; (3): praça f; (4): quadrado m
- Romanian: (1): pătrat n; (2): echer n; (3): piaţă f
- Slovak: (1): štvorec m
- Swedish: kvadrat (1,4) c, vinkelhake (2) c, torg (3) n, fyrkant c (6) (the same symbol on a computer keyboard might informally, somewhat jokingly, be refered to as brädgård )
Proper noun
Square
- Squaresoft.
Transitive verb
to square (past tense and past participle squared)
- To adjust (something) so that it is in alignment with something else or at a right angle to it.
- To resolve (something).
- Ex. John can square this question up for us.
- To multiply (a number) by itself.
Translations
- Dutch: (2): oplossen
- French: (3): élever au carré
- German: (3): quadrieren
- Interlingua: quadrar (1); resolver (2)
- Portuguese: alinhar (1) (is there a better translation?); resolver (2)
- Swedish: kvadrera (3)
Adjective
square (comparative squarer, superlative squarest)
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- At right angles to.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- square metre, square mile
- Nutritious (a square meal).
- Socially conventional, boring.
Translations
- French: (1): carré m, carrée f; (2): perpendiculaire à; (3): carré
- German: (1): quadratisch ; (2): rechtwinklig ; (3): Quadrat - (used as a prefix to form compound words; e.g. Quadratmeter = square metre); (4): anständig ; (5): spießig
- Italian: (2): quadrato m, quadrata f; (2): perpendicolare a; (3): quadrato
- Swedish: fyrkantig (1,5), vinkelrät mot (2), kvadrat- (3)
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