Pronunciation

(US) SAMPA:/skwE@/

Noun

square (plural squares)

1. (mathematics) A four-sided polygon with all sides equal in length and all angles equal.
2. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

   Ex. carpenter's square , try_square , framing_square

3. Open leisure space in a town, often arborized (some better definition?)
4. (mathematics)The second power of a number.

   64 is the square of 8.

5. (slang) A socially conventional person.

   Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!

6. (British) The symbol # on a telephone.

   Enter your account number followed by the square key.

Synonyms

• (1): tetragon (rare)
• (6): hash, pound sign (US)

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

1. Squaresoft.

Transitive verb

to square (past tense and past participle squared)

1. To adjust (something) so that it is in alignment with something else or at a right angle to it.
2. To resolve (something).

   Ex. John can square this question up for us.

3. 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)

1. Shaped like a square (the polygon).
2. At right angles to.
3. Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

   square metre, square mile

4. Nutritious (a square meal).
5. 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)

Related terms

• square bracket
• square centimetre , square centimeter
• square deal
• square foot
• square inch
• square meal
• square metre, square meter
• square mile
• square root
• square yard

See also

• cubic
• quadrilateral
• rectangle
• rhombus