kwadrat

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quadrato.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwadˈraːt/

Adjective

kwadrat (feminine singular kwadrata, plural kwadrati)

  1. square

Polish
kwadrat

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quadrātus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkfa.drat/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -adrat
  • Syllabification: kwa‧drat

Noun

kwadrat m inan (diminutive kwadracik)

  1. (geometry) square (polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral)
  2. (slang) crib, place (home, especially a flat)

Declension
Declension of kwadrat
singular plural
nominative kwadrat kwadraty
genitive kwadratu kwadratów
dative kwadratowi kwadratom
accusative kwadrat kwadraty
instrumental kwadratem kwadratami
locative kwadracie kwadratach
vocative kwadracie kwadraty

Derived terms
adjectives

Particle

kwadrat

  1. (arithmetic, informal) squared, to the square of (multiplied by itself)
    Synonym: do kwadratu
    A kwadrat plus B kwadrat równa się C kwadrat.
    A squared plus B squared equals C squared.

Further reading
  • kwadrat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwadrat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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