angle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
  2. noun a biased way of looking at or presenting something
  3. noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

Etymology

From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.

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