trapezoid
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: tră'pəzoid, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (geometry, convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides): (British) trapezium
- (geometry, convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides): irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]quadrilateral with two sides parallel — see trapezium
quadrilateral with no sides parallel — see trapezium
trapezoid bone
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Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English trapezoid, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trapezoid
- trapezoid (a convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.
Polish
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trapezoid m inan (related adjective trapezoidalny)
Declension
[edit]Declension of trapezoid
singular | plural | |
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nominative | trapezoid | trapezoidy |
genitive | trapezoidu | trapezoidów |
dative | trapezoidowi | trapezoidom |
accusative | trapezoid | trapezoidy |
instrumental | trapezoidem | trapezoidami |
locative | trapezoidzie | trapezoidach |
vocative | trapezoidzie | trapezoidy |
Further reading
[edit]- trapezoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French trapézoïde. By surface analysis, trapez + -oid.
Noun
[edit]trapezoid n (plural trapezoide)
Declension
[edit]Declension of trapezoid
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) trapezoid | trapezoidul | (niște) trapezoide | trapezoidele |
genitive/dative | (unui) trapezoid | trapezoidului | (unor) trapezoide | trapezoidelor |
vocative | trapezoidule | trapezoidelor |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin trapezoides.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]trapezòīd m (Cyrillic spelling трапезо̀ӣд)
References
[edit]- “trapezoid” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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