triangle
tri·an·gle/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/noun, verb
triangle is spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-L-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (tri·an·gle). It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, triangle means “A polygon with three sides and three angles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of triangle is triangles.
How many letters and syllables are in triangle?
| Letters | 8: T-R-I-A-N-G-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tri·an·gle |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is triangle?
Triangle appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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).
How do you pronounce triangle?
- UK /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/
- UK /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
- US /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
Triangle has 3 syllables, split tri·an·gle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-triangle.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with triangle?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as triangle (/aɪæŋɡəl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: relating, integral, altering.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of triangle
- triangles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- triangling participle, present
- triangled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triangle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A polygon with three sides and three angles.
Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon
- 2
CanadaUSA set square.
- 3
A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- 4
A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- 5
A love triangle.
One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
- 6
The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- 7
A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- 8
A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
verb
- 1
To form or be included in a three-part interaction, e.g., a Karpman drama triangle, such as by being ganged up on by two people or being torn between conflicting demands from two sources.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate triangle?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of triangle: Trgl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triangle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | triangle |
| German | Dreieck , Triangel |
| Portuguese | triângulo , ferrinhos |
| Spanish | triángulo |
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 triangle come from?
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).