pyramid

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɹ.ə.mɪd/
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From French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, pȳramidis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”). Schenkel and K. Lang proposed hypothetical Coptic *ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲙ (*piram) or *ⲫⲣⲁⲙ (*phram) derived from Egyptian mr via metathesis as a source of πῡραμίς (pūramís) while Schenkel also suggested it being the source of Arabic هَرَم (haram) although the latter is considered far-fetched by Takacs.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: piramide — ancient construction
• Albanian: piramidë — ancient construction
• Arabic: هَرَم (haram) — ancient construction
• Arabic: هرم (haram) — ancient construction
• Armenian: բուրգ (burg) — ancient construction
• Asturian: pirámide — ancient construction
• Azerbaijani: piramida — ancient construction
• Azerbaijani: ehram — ancient construction
• Azerbaijani: firontəpəsi — ancient construction
• Basque: piramide — ancient construction
• Belarusian: пірамі́да (piramída) — ancient construction
• Bengali: পিরামিড (piramiḍ) — ancient construction
• Bulgarian: пирами́да (piramída) — ancient construction
• Burmese: ပိရမစ် (pi.ra.mac) — ancient construction
• Catalan: piràmide — ancient construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 金字塔 (jīnzìtǎ) — ancient construction
• Czech: pyramida — ancient construction
• Danish: pyramide — ancient construction
• Dutch: piramide — ancient construction
• Egyptian: U23-m:r-O24 (mr) — ancient construction
• Esperanto: piramido — ancient construction
• Estonian: püramiid — ancient construction
• Extremaduran: pirami — ancient construction
• Finnish: pyramidi — ancient construction
• French: pyramide — ancient construction
• Galician: pirámide — ancient construction
• Georgian: პირამიდა (ṗiramida) — ancient construction
• German: Pyramide — ancient construction
• Greek: πυραμίδα (pyramída) — ancient construction
• Ancient Greek: πυραμίς (puramís) — ancient construction
• Hebrew: פִּירָמִידָה (piramída) — ancient construction
• Hindi: पिरमिड (pirmiḍ) — ancient construction
• Hindi: पिरामिड (pirāmiḍ) — ancient construction
• Hindi: पीरामिड (pīrāmiḍ) — ancient construction
• Hindi: अहराम (ahrām) — ancient construction
• Hungarian: piramis — ancient construction
• Icelandic: pýramídi — ancient construction
• Indonesian: piramida — ancient construction
• Indonesian: piramid — ancient construction
• Irish: pirimid — ancient construction
• Italian: piramide — ancient construction
• Japanese: ピラミッド (piramiddo) — ancient construction
• Japanese: 金字塔 (kinjitō) — ancient construction
• Kazakh: пирамида (piramida) — ancient construction
• Korean: 피라미드 (piramideu) — ancient construction
• Korean: 금자탑 (geumjatap) — ancient construction
• Central Kurdish: ھەرەم (herem) — ancient construction
• Northern Kurdish: ehram — ancient construction
• Northern Kurdish: pîramîd — ancient construction
• Northern Kurdish: herem — ancient construction
• Kyrgyz: пирамида (piramida) — ancient construction
• Latin: pyramis — ancient construction
• Latvian: piramīda — ancient construction
• Lithuanian: piramidė — ancient construction
• Macedonian: пирами́да (piramída) — ancient construction
• Malagasy: rirakitso — ancient construction
• Malay: piramid — ancient construction
• Maltese: piramida — ancient construction
• Marathi: मनोरा (manorā) — ancient construction
• Mongolian: пирамид (piramid) — ancient construction
• Mongolian: овооллого (ovoollogo) — ancient construction
• Nahuatl: tzacualli — ancient construction
• Norwegian Bokmål: pyramide — ancient construction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pyramide — ancient construction
• Pashto: هرم (herám) — ancient construction
• Iranian Persian: هِرَم (heram) — ancient construction
• Iranian Persian: پیرامید (pirâmid) — ancient construction
• Iranian Persian: سَنْبوسِه (sanbuse) — ancient construction
• Iranian Persian: اَهْرام (ahrâm) — ancient construction
• Polish: piramida — ancient construction
• Portuguese: pirâmide — ancient construction
• Punjabi: ہَرَم (haram) — ancient construction
• Romanian: piramidă — ancient construction
• Russian: пирами́да (piramída) — ancient construction
• Sanskrit: सूचि (sūci) — ancient construction
• Serbo-Croatian: пирами́да — ancient construction
• Serbo-Croatian: piramída — ancient construction
• Sindhi: اهرام (ahrām) — ancient construction
• Sinhalese: පිරමිඩ (piramiḍa) — ancient construction
• Slovak: pyramída — ancient construction
• Slovene: piramida — ancient construction
• Spanish: pirámide — ancient construction
• Swahili: piramidi — ancient construction
• Swahili: haram — ancient construction
• Swedish: pyramid — ancient construction
• Tagalog: tagilo — ancient construction
• Tajik: пирамида (piramida) — ancient construction
• Tajik: ҳирам (hiram) — ancient construction
• Tajik: аҳром (ahrom) — ancient construction
• Thai: พีระมิด (pii-rá-mít) — ancient construction
• Turkish: piramit — ancient construction
• Turkish: ehram — ancient construction
• Turkmen: piramida — ancient construction
• Turkmen: ährem — ancient construction
• Ukrainian: пірамі́да (piramída) — ancient construction
• Urdu: اَہْرام (ahrām) — ancient construction
• Urdu: پِرامِڈ (pirāmiḍ) — ancient construction
• Urdu: پِرْمِڈ (pirmiḍ) — ancient construction
• Urdu: ہَرَم (haram) — ancient construction
• Uyghur: پىرامىدا (piramida) — ancient construction
• Uyghur: ئېھرام (ëhram) — ancient construction
• Uzbek: piramida — ancient construction
• Uzbek: ehrom — ancient construction
• Vietnamese: kim tự tháp — ancient construction
• Volapük: piramid — ancient construction
• Yiddish: פּיראַמיד (piramid) — ancient construction
• Yucatec Maya: kʼu — ancient construction
• Arabic: هَرَم (haram) — construction
• Armenian: բուրգ (burg) — construction
• Asturian: pirámide — construction
• Catalan: piràmide — construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 金字塔 (jīnzìtǎ) — construction
• Czech: pyramida — construction
• Danish: pyramide — construction
• Dutch: piramide — construction
• Esperanto: piramido — construction
• Extremaduran: pirami — construction
• Finnish: pyramidi — construction
• French: pyramide — construction
• Galician: pirámide — construction
• Greek: πυραμίδα (pyramída) — construction
• Hebrew: פִּירָמִידָה (piramída) — construction
• Hungarian: piramis — construction
• Irish: pirimid — construction
• Italian: piramide — construction
• Marathi: मनोरा (manorā) — construction
• Iranian Persian: هِرَم (heram) — construction
• Portuguese: pirâmide — construction
• Russian: пирами́да (piramída) — construction
• Serbo-Croatian: пирами́да — construction
• Serbo-Croatian: piramída — construction
• Spanish: pirámide — construction
• Swahili: piramidi — construction
• Swedish: pyramid — construction
• Tagalog: tagilo — construction
• Turkish: piramit — construction
• Volapük: piramid — construction
• Albanian: piramidë — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Arabic: هَرَم (haram) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Arabic: أَهْرَام (ʔahrām) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Armenian: բուրգ (burg) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Asturian: pirámide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Azerbaijani: piramida — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Basque: piramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Belarusian: пірамі́да (piramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Bulgarian: пирами́да (piramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Catalan: piràmide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Chinese Mandarin: 角錐 /角锥 (jiǎozhuī) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Czech: jehlan — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Danish: pyramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Dutch: piramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Dutch: viervlak — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Esperanto: piramido — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Estonian: püramiid — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Extremaduran: pirami — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Finnish: pyramidi — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Finnish: särmäkartio — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• French: pyramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Galician: pirámide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• German: Pyramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Greek: πυραμίδα (pyramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Ancient Greek: πυραμίς (puramís) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Hebrew: פִּירָמִידָה (piramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Hindi: पिरैमिड (piraimiḍ) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Hungarian: gúla — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Hungarian: piramis — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Indonesian: limas — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Italian: piramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Japanese: 角錐 (kakusui) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Kazakh: пирамида (piramida) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Khmer: ពីរ៉ាមីត (piiraamiit) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Korean: 각뿔 (gakppul) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Latvian: piramīda — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Lithuanian: piramidė — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Macedonian: пирамида (piramida) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Malay: piramid — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Māori: koeke-tapawhā — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Marathi: मनोरा (manorā) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Norwegian Bokmål: pyramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pyramide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Iranian Persian: هِرَم (heram) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Polish: ostrosłup — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Polish: piramida — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Portuguese: pirâmide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Romanian: piramidă — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Russian: пирами́да (piramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Serbo-Croatian: пирами́да — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Serbo-Croatian: piramída — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Slovak: ihlan — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Slovene: piramida — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Spanish: pirámide — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Swahili: piramidi — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Swedish: pyramid — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Tagalog: tagilo — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Thai: พีระมิด (pii-rá-mít) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Turkish: piramit — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Ukrainian: пірамі́да (piramída) — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Vietnamese: kim tự tháp — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
• Volapük: piramid — in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base