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)

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 Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)