oblique

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbliːk/ Rhymes: -iːk (US) IPA(key): /oʊˈbliːk/ Rhymes: -iːk (US military command) IPA(key): /ɑbˈlaɪk/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ɒbˈlaɪk/ Hyphenation: ob‧lique === Adjective === oblique (comparative obliquer, superlative obliquest) Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. Synonyms: aslant, askew, slanting, inclined Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing. Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other. (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal. (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative). (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc. (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === oblique (plural obliques) (geometry) An oblique line. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. (grammar) The oblique case. (exercise) The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis. ==== Synonyms ==== (typography): See slash ==== Derived terms ==== oblique mark oblique stroke, stroke === Verb === oblique (third-person singular simple present obliques, present participle obliquing, simple past and past participle obliqued) (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left. (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle. === References === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oblīquus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.blik/ === Adjective === oblique (plural obliques) oblique ==== Derived terms ==== barre oblique cas oblique === Verb === oblique inflection of obliquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “oblique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === oblique feminine plural of obliquo == Latin == === Adjective === oblīque vocative masculine singular of oblīquus === Adverb === oblīquē (comparative oblīquius, superlative oblīquissimē) slanting, oblique === References === “oblique”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oblique”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oblique”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.