quadratus
qua·dra·tus/kwɑˈdreɪ.təs/noun
quadratus is a noun meaning “Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g. in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-S and has 3 syllables (qua·dra·tus), and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of quadratus is quadrati.
What does quadratus mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g. in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce quadratus?
- UK /kwɒˈdreɪ.təs/
- US /kwɑˈdreɪ.təs/
Quadratus has 3 syllables, split qua·dra·tus in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of quadratus
- quadrati plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is quadratus?
Quadratus appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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).
Where does quadratus come from?
From Latin quadratus, perfect passive participle of quadro (“to make square”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).