trapezoid

English
Trapezoid (1) (US).
Trapezoid (2) (UK).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: tră'pəzoid, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun

trapezoid (plural trapezoids)

  1. (geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
  2. (geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.
  3. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
quadrilateral with two sides parallel — see trapezium
quadrilateral with no sides parallel — see trapezium

Polish
trapezoid

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tra.pɛˈzɔ.it/

Noun

trapezoid m inan

  1. (US) trapezium; (UK) irregular quadrilateral

Declension
declension of trapezoid
singular plural
nominative trapezoid trapezoidy
genitive trapezoidu trapezoidów
dative trapezoidowi trapezoidom
accusative trapezoid trapezoidy
instrumental trapezoidem trapezoidami
locative trapezoidzie trapezoidach
vocative trapezoidzie trapezoidy

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From New Latin trapezoides.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /trapezǒiːd/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧pe‧zo‧id

Noun

trapezòīd m (Cyrillic spelling трапезо̀ӣд)

  1. trapezium

References
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