Shapes Vocabulary


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Vocabulary

  • arrow, circle, crescent, cross, diamond, heart, hexagon, octagon, oval, pentagon, rectangle, ring, square, star, trapezoid, triangle

Learn shapes vocabulary in English

Shapes are geometric figures, but they occur in life, too. Actually, everything we see in the world around us has a shape. For example, a clock is a circular object, a ruler is rectangular object, and a slice of pizza has a triangular shape. There are many, many types of shapes, and each shape has its own name. Let's learn some of them.

This part of our picture dictionary presents some English words we use to talk about shapes. You can hear them pronounced by clicking on the pictures. How many of these words do you know?

You can practise your new words with the help of our resources, too! Choose from fun games to play online and activities to download and print.


Shapes

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Shapes in English: arrow
Picture dictionary for kids: arrow
Shapes in English: circle
Picture dictionary for kids: circle
Shapes in English: crescent
Picture dictionary for kids: crescent
Shapes in English: cross
Picture dictionary for kids: cross
Shapes in English: diamond
Picture dictionary for kids: diamond
Shapes in English: heart
Picture dictionary for kids: heart
Shapes in English: hexagon
Picture dictionary for kids: hexagon
Shapes in English: octagon
Picture dictionary for kids: octagon
Shapes in English: oval
Picture dictionary for kids: oval
Shapes in English: pentagon
Picture dictionary for kids: pentagon
Shapes in English: rectangle
Picture dictionary for kids: rectangle
Shapes in English: ring
Picture dictionary for kids: ring
Shapes in English: square
Picture dictionary for kids: square
Shapes in English: star
Picture dictionary for kids: star
Shapes in English: trapezoid
Picture dictionary for kids: trapezoid
Shapes in English: triangle
Picture dictionary for kids: triangle