The inequality \(4x^{2} + 9y^{2} \leq 36\) represents an ellipse centered at the origin with a semi-major axis of 3 along the x-axis and a semi-minor axis of 2 along the y-axis. The standard form of the inequality is:
\[
\boxed{\frac{x^{2}}{9} + \frac{y^{2}}{4} \leq 1}
\]