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Quadrilateral Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Quadrilateral has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a four-sided polygon

2

A polygon with four sides.

Adjective
1

having four sides

2

Having four sides.

See Also
square excircle defend parallelogram brahmagupta's formula rectangle lozenge quadrilaterals
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
polygon
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
parallelogram trapezium trapezoid

Origin

This word is a learned borrowing from Latin, combining quadrilaterus with the suffix -al. It originally referred to something having four sides or angles.

Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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