angular

See also: -angular

English

Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/

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• (General American, without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
  • (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/

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• Hyphenation: an‧gu‧lar

Adjective

angular (comparative more angular, superlative most angular)

1. Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
2. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
3. Sharp-cornered; pointed.

   an angular figure

   • 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese‎^[1], →ISBN, page 31:

     In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
     Hiragana 　あ　い　う　え　お
     Katakana　ア　イ　ウ　エ　オ

4. Measured by an angle.

   angular distance

5. Lean, lank.
6. Ungraceful; lacking grace.
7. (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

   He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.

   She is an angular female.

   Synonyms: rude, rugged

8. (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

Derived terms

• acutangular
• anangular
• angulaperturate
• angular acceleration
• angular aperture
• angular artery
• angular cheilitis
• angular defect
• angular displacement
• angular distance
• angular frequency
• angular gyrus
• angular harp
• angularity
• angularize
• angularly
• angular magnification
• angular mil
• angular momentum
• angular motion
• angularness
• angular-nodulose
• angular position
• angular resolution
• angular stomatitis
• angular-tubercate
• angular unconformity
• angular unit
• angular vein
• angular velocity
• angular-winged katydid
• biangular
• decangular
• distoangular
• equangular
• equiangular
• heptangular
• hexangular
• inangular
• interangular
• mesioangular
• multiangular
• nonangular
• obtuse-angular
• pentangular
• Planck angular frequency
• polyangular
• quinquangular
• right-angular
• supraangular
• surangular
• unangular
• uniangular

Related terms

• -angular
• octangular
• quadrangular
• sexangular
• subangular
• triangular

Translations

relating to or forming an angle; sharp-cornered — see also angulous

• Bulgarian: ъглест (ăglest), ръбат (răbat)
• Catalan: angular
• Czech: hranatý (cs)
• Danish: kantet
• Dutch: hoekig (nl)
• Esperanto: angula, anguleca
• Finnish: kulmallinen, kulmikas (fi), kulma- (fi); teräväkulmainen (fi) (sharp-cornered)
• French: angulaire (fr), anguleux (fr)
• Galician: angular (gl)
• German: eckig (de)
• Hungarian: szögletes (hu)
• Icelandic: hyrndur, skarphyrndur, horn (is)
• Indonesian: lancip (id)
• Italian: angolare (it)
• Latin: angulāris
• Manx: uillinagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kantete, kantet

  Nynorsk: kantete

• Polish: kanciasty (pl) m
• Portuguese: angular (pt), angulado, anguloso (pt)
• Romanian: unghiular (ro)
• Russian: углово́й (ru) (uglovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: oiseanach
• Slovak: uhlový
• Spanish: angular (es)
• Swedish: kantig (sv)
• Turkish: açısal (tr)
• Ukrainian: кутови́й (kutovýj)

measured by an angle

• Czech: úhlový (cs)
• Esperanto: angula
• Finnish: kulma- (fi)
• French: angulaire (fr)
• Indonesian: lancip (id)
• Italian: angolare (it)
• Manx: uillinagh
• Portuguese: angular (pt)
• Slovak: uhlový

lean, lank, raw-boned

• Czech: kostnatý (cs), vyzáblý
• Finnish: luiseva (fi)
• French: anguleux (fr)
• Indonesian: tampak tulang

ungraceful — see ungraceful

figurative: sharp and stiff in character — see also rude

• Danish: firkantet
• Finnish: kulmikas (fi)
• French: anguleux (fr)
• German: kantig (de)
• Icelandic: beinaber
• Spanish: esquinado (es)

Noun

angular (plural angulars)

1. (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Anagrams

• lagunar, narluga

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [əŋ.ɡuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əŋ.ɡuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [aŋ.ɡuˈlar]

Adjective

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulars)

1. (geometry, relational) angle; angular

Related terms

• angle

Further reading

• “angular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “angular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “angular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “angular”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋɡuˈlaɾ/ [ɑŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aŋɡuˈlaɾ/ [ɑŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /aŋħuˈlaɾ/ [ɑŋ.ħuˈlaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: an‧gu‧lar

Adjective

angular m or f (plural angulares)

1. (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
2. angular (forming an angle)

Related terms

• ángulo

Further reading

• “angular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Alternative forms

• angulare, angulari

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

Adjective

angular m (feminine singular angulara, masculine plural angulars, feminine plural angularas)

1. (geometry) angular

References

• "angular", in dicodòc: multidiccionari occitan (oc→fr)
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 57

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

angular m or f (plural angulares)

1. (geometry) angular (of or relating to angles)
2. angular (forming an angle)

   Synonym: angulado

Etymology 2

From Ângulo (“angle”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuˈla.ɾi/

Verb

angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulei, past participle angulado)

1. to bend so it forms an angle

   Angulei meus joelhos. ― I bent my knees.

   Meus joelhos angulam. ― My knees are bent.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of angular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	angular
Personal	angular	angulares	angular	angularmos	angulardes	angularem
Gerund
	angulando
Past participle
Masculine	angulado			angulados
Feminine	angulada			anguladas
Indicative
Present	angulo	angulas	angula	angulamos	angulais	angulam
Imperfect	angulava	angulavas	angulava	angulávamos	anguláveis	angulavam
Preterite	angulei	angulaste	angulou	angulamos1, angulámos2	angulastes	angularam
Pluperfect	angulara	angularas	angulara	anguláramos	anguláreis	angularam
Future	angularei	angularás	angulará	angularemos	angulareis	angularão
Conditional	angularia	angularias	angularia	angularíamos	angularíeis	angulariam
Subjunctive
Present	angule	angules	angule	angulemos	anguleis	angulem
Imperfect	angulasse	angulasses	angulasse	angulássemos	angulásseis	angulassem
Future	angular	angulares	angular	angularmos	angulardes	angularem
Imperative
Affirmative		angula	angule	angulemos	angulai	angulem
Negative (não)		não angules	não angule	não angulemos	não anguleis	não angulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• angulação
• angulado
• angularidade
• angularmente
• angulatura
• ângulo
• anguloso

Further reading

• “angular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “angular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin angulārislbor.

French angulairebor.

Romanian angular

Borrowed from French angulaire, a learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

Adjective

angular m or n (feminine singular angulară, masculine plural angulari, feminine/neuter plural angulare)

1. angular

Declension

Declension of angular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	angular		angulară	angulari	angulare
	definite	angularul		angulara	angularii	angularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	angular		angulare	angulari	angulare
	definite	angularului		angularei	angularilor	angularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡuˈlaɾ/ [ãŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧gu‧lar

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

Adjective

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)

1. angular

Derived terms

• amoladora angular
• angularmente
• comilla angular, comillas angulares
• paréntesis angular
• piedra angular
• velocidad angular

Related terms

• ángulo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos

Proto-Italic *angulos

Latin anguluslbor.

Spanish ángulo

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish angular

From ángulo + -ar.

Verb

angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulé, past participle angulado)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of angular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			angular
gerund			angulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		angulado		angulada
		plural		angulados		anguladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	angulo	angulastú angulásvos	angula	angulamos	anguláis	angulan
	imperfect	angulaba	angulabas	angulaba	angulábamos	angulabais	angulaban
	preterite	angulé	angulaste	anguló	angulamos	angulasteis	angularon
	future	angularé	angularás	angulará	angularemos	angularéis	angularán
	conditional	angularía	angularías	angularía	angularíamos	angularíais	angularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	angule	angulestú angulésvos2	angule	angulemos	anguléis	angulen
	imperfect (ra)	angulara	angularas	angulara	anguláramos	angularais	angularan
	imperfect (se)	angulase	angulases	angulase	angulásemos	angulaseis	angulasen
	future1	angulare	angulares	angulare	anguláremos	angulareis	angularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		angulatú angulávos	angule	angulemos	angulad	angulen
	negative		no angules	no angule	no angulemos	no anguléis	no angulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• angulación

Further reading

• “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026