triangle
French, noun/tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl/
triangle is spelled T-R-I-A-N-G-L-E (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triangle is a French masculine noun meaning “triangle (polygon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En géométrie euclidienne, polygone qui a trois côtés, et donc trois sommets”.
What does triangle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriangle (polygon)
triangle équilatéral
- 2
masculinetriangle (percussion instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En géométrie euclidienne, polygone qui a trois côtés, et donc trois sommets. 2. Objet de forme triangulaire. 3. Espace géographique délimité par trois points. 4. Instrument à percussion de l’orchestre, fait d’une baguette métallique courbée de façon triangulaire et percutée avec une tringle métallique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of triangle
- triangles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce triangle?
- /tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl/
- \tʁi.jɑ̃ɡl\
- [ɛ̃ tʁi.jɑ̃.ɡl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to triangle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is triangle in French?
triangle appears 7.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).