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Shapes Vocabulary

Shapes Vocabulary

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.

Shapes
  • 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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