tangram

English

Like most modern sets, this wooden tangram is stored in the square configuration.

The 13 convex shapes matched with Tangram set

Etymology

Possibly from Mandarin 唐 (táng, “of the Tang dynasty, by extension, Chinese”) +‎ -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænˌɡɹæm/
• Rhymes: -ænɡɹæm

Noun

tangram (plural tangrams)

1. A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.

Translations

the Chinese puzzle

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七巧板 (zh) (qīqiǎobǎn)

• Dutch: tangram (nl)
• Finnish: tangrammi (fi)
• French: tangram (fr) m
• German: Tangram (de) n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: tangram m
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: hangawhitu
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: tangram m
• Russian: танграм m (tangram)
• Spanish: tangram m
• Thai: แทนแกรม (tɛɛn-grɛɛm)
• Turkish: tangram
• Ukrainian: танграм m (tanhram)
• Vietnamese: thất xảo bản

See also

• Loyd's paradox

Further reading

• tangram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gartman, trangam

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃w̃/ [ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: tan‧gram

Noun

tangram m (plural tangrans)

1. tangram (Chinese puzzle)