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

• (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

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).

angular (plural angulars)

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

• lagunar, narluga

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

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

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulars)

1. (geometry, relational) angle; angular

• angle

• “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)

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

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

angular m or f (plural angulares)

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

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

• angulare, angulari

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

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

1. (geometry) angular

• "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, 2008-2025, page 57

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

angular m or f (plural angulares)

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

   Synonym: angulado

From Ângulo (“angle”) +‎ -ar.

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.

• “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

Borrowed from French angulaire, from Latin angularis.

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

1. angular

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

Learned borrowing from Latin angulāris.

angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)

1. angular

From ángulo +‎ -ar.

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

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• “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025