Kilo Lingo

/skweə/

Line drawing of square
Coloured illustration of square
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Translation

A shape with four straight sides that are all the same length.

Word origin

From Old French esquare, from Latin quadra, meaning a four-sided shape.

Origin
Old French
Root
esquare
English cognates
quarter, quad

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsquares

Examples

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A square has four equal sides and four square corners.

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Here the people make the shape.

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A "square" is also an open space in the middle of a town.

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This word is part of lesson 33.