What are the shapes in French?
The shapes in French are: un cercle (circle), un triangle (triangle), un carré (square), un rectangle (rectangle), un octagone (octagon) and un ovale (oval). The following list covers French words for shapes in detail.
- arrow une flèche
- circle un cercle
- …center le centre
- …circumference la circonférence
- …diameter le diamètre
- …radius le rayon
- …tangent la tangente
- cone un cône
- cross une croix
- crescent un croissant
- cube un cube
- curve une courbe
- cylinder un cylindre
- decagon un décagone
- diamond un losange
- figure eight un huit
- heptagon un heptagone
- hexagon un hexagon
- isosceles trapezoid un trapèze isocèle
- line une ligne
- …broken brisée
- …curved courbe
- …parallel parallèle
- …perpendicular perpendiculaire
- …segment segmentée
- …straight droite
- octagon un octagone
- parallelogram un parallélogramme
- pentagon un pentagon
- polygon un polygone
- rectangle un rectangle
- point un point
- pyramid une pyramide
- oval un ovale
- rhombus un rhombe
- square un carré
- trapezoid un trapèze
- triangle un triangle
- …acute-angle acutangle
- …equilateral équilatéral
- …isosceles isocèle
- …obtuse-angled obtusangle
- …scalene scalène
- star une étoile
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