parallellogram

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Danish

Noun

parallellogram c (singular definite parallellogrammet, plural indefinite parallellogrammer)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of parallelogram.
    • 2014, Donna Tartt, Stillidsen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... højtideligt vinterlys skrånede fra væg til væg i parallellogrammer der gled ned på tæppet og smalnede ud indtil de blegnede til ingenting ...
      ... ceremonious winter-light sloped from wall to wall in parallelograms that slid down onto the carpet and narrowed out until they faded into nothing ...
    • 1897, Historisk tidsskrift:
      Man kan træffe firlængede Gaarde, der i Regelrethed ikke give N utiden meget efter (Eks: Aageby, Snarup); men som oftest danne de Parallellogrammer, der ere aabne mod den ene Side, uregelrette Firkanter og skæve Mangekanter, der kun ...
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Declension

Declension of parallellogram
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative parallellogram parallellogrammet parallellogrammer parallellogrammerne
genitive parallellograms parallellogrammets parallellogrammers parallellogrammernes

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Dutch

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Noun

parallellogram n (plural parallellogrammen, diminutive parallellogrammetje n)

  1. parallelogram (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length)

Swedish

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Etymology

From Latin parallēlogrammum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλόγραμμον (parallēlógrammon), neuter of παραλληλόγραμμος (parallēlógrammos, “limited by parallel lines”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos) + γραμμή (grammḗ).

Noun

parallellogram c or n

  1. (geometry) a parallelogram (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length).

Usage notes

  • Only common gender is listed in sources, but neuter gender appears to be more common among private people.

Declension

Declension of parallellogram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parallellogram parallellogrammen parallellogrammer parallellogrammerna
Genitive parallellograms parallellogrammens parallellogrammers parallellogrammernas


Declension of parallellogram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parallellogram parallellogramet parallellogram parallellogramen
Genitive parallellograms parallellogramets parallellograms parallellogramens

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