trapezoid
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tră'pəzoid, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
trapezoid (plural trapezoids)
- (geometry, US, Canada) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
- 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178:
- There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.
- (geometry, British, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
- (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
Synonyms
- (geometry, convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides): (British) trapezium
- (geometry, convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides): irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium
Derived terms
Translations
quadrilateral with two sides parallel — see trapezium
quadrilateral with no sides parallel — see trapezium
trapezoid bone
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /trapeˈzoid/ [t̪ra.peˈzo.ɪt̪̚]
- Syllabification: tra‧pe‧zoid
Noun
trapezoid (plural trapezoid-trapezoid)
- trapezoid (a convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel)
Related terms
References
- “trapezoid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
trapezoid m inan (related adjective trapezoidalny)
Declension
Declension of trapezoid
Further reading
- trapezoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Etymology
Borrowed from French trapézoïde. By surface analysis, trapez + -oid.
Noun
trapezoid n (plural trapezoide)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | trapezoid | trapezoidul | trapezoide | trapezoidele | |
| genitive-dative | trapezoid | trapezoidului | trapezoide | trapezoidelor | |
| vocative | trapezoidule | trapezoidelor | |||
Etymology
From New Latin trapezoides.
Pronunciation
Noun
trapezòīd m (Cyrillic spelling трапезо̀ӣд)
References
- “trapezoid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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