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foursquare

UK /ˈfɔːskwɛː/adjective, noun

foursquare is an adjective meaning “Having four equal sides; square” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-S-Q-U-A-R-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does foursquare mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Having four equal sides; square.

  2. 2

    Solid, robust.

  3. 3

    Pertaining to a four-square cipher.

  4. 4

    Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of four square.

  2. 2

    A four-square cipher.

  3. 3

    USA boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce foursquare?

  • UK /ˈfɔːskwɛː/

Foursquare has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of foursquare

  • more foursquare comparative
  • most foursquare superlative
  • foursquares plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is foursquare?

Foursquare appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with foursquare

Also written: four-square (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Foursquare in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Having four equal sides:

LanguageWords
Germanviereckig, vierkantig, quadratisch

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does foursquare come from?

From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).