English Explanatory Dictionary

trapezium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
  2. A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
  3. A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
  4. The trapezium bone of the wrist.
  5. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

Pronunciation

/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/ /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/ en-au-trapezium.ogg

Word forms

trapezium trapeziums trapezia

Etymology

Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.

Synonyms

trapeze trapezoid irregular quadrilateral

Related words

trapeze trapeziform trapezius trapezoid

Derived words

trapezium rule

Translations

Arabic: شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ Armenian: սեղան Azerbaijani: trapesiya Basque: trapezio Bengali: ট্রাপিজিয়াম Bulgarian: трапец Catalan: trapezi Chinese Mandarin: 梯形 Czech: lichoběžník Danish: trapez Dutch: trapezium Esperanto: trapezo Finnish: puolisuunnikas French: trapèze Galician: trapecio Galician: trapezoide German: Paralleltrapez German: Trapez Greek: τραπέζιο Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον Hebrew: טְרָפֶּז Hindi: समलंब Hindi: समलम्ब Hungarian: trapéz Ido: trapezo Indonesian: trapesium Italian: trapezio Japanese: 台形 Japanese: 梯形 Khmer: ចតុកោណព្នាយ Korean: 사다리꼴 Korean: 제형 Latin: trapezoides Latin: trapezion Latin: mensula Latvian: trapece Lithuanian: trapecija Macedonian: трапез Māori: taparara Navajo: heetsʼóozgo dikʼą́ Persian: زنخدار Persian: ذوزنقه Polish: trapez Portuguese: trapézio Russian: трапе́ция Sanskrit: समलम्ब Spanish: trapecio Swedish: trapets
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