parallellogram

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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parallellogram n (plural parallellogrammen, diminutive parallellogrammetje n)

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

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

parallellogram c or n

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

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

• parallelltrapets

• parallellogram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• parallellogram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• parallellogram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)