adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/aɪˈsɒsəliːz/
General-American:/aɪˈsɑsəliz/
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CMU ARPABET:AY0 S AO1 S AH0 L IY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having (at least) two sides of equal length, used especially of a triangle or trapezoid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
(of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īsoscelēs, from Ancient Greek ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs, “equal-legged”), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix). See also iso-.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
հավասարասրուն
(havasarasrun)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Azerbaijani:
bərabəryanlı
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Belarusian:
раўнабедраны
(rawnabjedrany)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Bulgarian:
равнобедрен
(ravnobedren)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Catalan:
isòsceles
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Cebuano:
duhalid
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Chinese Mandarin:
等腰
(děngyāo)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Czech:
rovnoramenný
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Dutch:
gelijkbenig
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Finnish:
tasakylkinen
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
French:
isocèle
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
German:
gleichschenklig
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Ancient Greek:
ἰσοσκελής
(isoskelḗs)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Hebrew:
שווה שוקיים
(shvé shokáim)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Hindi:
समद्विबाहु
(samdvibāhu)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Hungarian:
egyenlő szárú
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Irish:
comhchosach
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Italian:
isoscele
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Italian:
equicrure
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Latin:
īsoscelēs
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Lithuanian:
lygiašonis
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Macedonian:
рамнокрак
(ramnokrak)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Manx:
cochoshanagh
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Polish:
równoramienny
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Portuguese:
isósceles
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Portuguese:
isóscele
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Romanian:
isoscel
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Russian:
равнобе́дренный
(ravnobédrennyj)
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Spanish:
isósceles
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Swedish:
likbent
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Tagalog:
kaduhain
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
Welsh:
isosgeles
— having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid
