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The French word for square is
carré





square

French Definition


square
     1. n. (Géom) Carré.
     2. n. (Mathématiques) Carré.
           64 is the square of 8.
           64 est le carré de 8.
     3. n. Équerre.
     4. n. (Urbanisme) Square, place (au sens de place publique).
     5. n. (Jeux) Case (aux échecs, etc.).
     6. n. (Argot) (Date;années 1950) Personne conventionnelle.
     7. adj. (Mathématiques) (Géom) Carré.
     8. v. (Math) Élever au carré.
           To square is to multiply by itself a value, term or expression, to raise to the second power.
           Two squared is four.
     9. v. Mettre à angle droit, équarrir.
           To square is to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.
           The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
     10. v. (Figuré) (Familier) Résoudre
           John can square this question up for us.
     11. v. (Figuré) Régulariser.
     12. v. Quadriller, dans le sens « tracer un quadrillage ».

Translations for square and their definitions

carré
     1. adj. square
     2. adj. (maths) quadratic
     3. adj. straightforward
     4. n-m. square
     5. n-m. patch (of land)
     6. n-m. (poker) four of a kind
     7. n-m. (Louisiana) frame, framework


place
     1. n-f. place, square, plaza, piazza
     2. n-f. place, space, room
     3. n-f. place, seat
     4. v. first-person singular present of placer
     5. v. third-person singular present of placer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of placer


case ©
     1. n-f. box (on form)
     2. n-f. square (on board game)


élever au carré
     1. v. to square (multiply by itself)


équerre
     1. n-f. square (tool)
     2. n-f. (geometry) set square
     3. v. singular present of équerrer
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of équerrer


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