Swahili
pembenne
pem-BEN-neh
How to say it
Swahilipembennepem-BEN-nehsoon
Englishquadrilateralsoon
Frenchquadrilatèresoon
Meaning
a four-sided geometric figure, a quadrilateral or rectangle.
Good to know
quadrilateral, rectangle
Examples
- Mwalimu alichora pembenne ubaoni.The teacher drew a quadrilateral on the board.
- Je, sura hii ni pembenne au pembetatu?Is this shape a quadrilateral or a triangle?
- Meza haikuwa pembenne kamili.The table was not a perfect rectangle.
- Wanafunzi walipima pande zote za pembenne.The students measured all the sides of the quadrilateral.
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