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pyramidal

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • pĭ-rămʹĭ-dəl
  • /pɪˈɹæm.ɪ.dl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pyramid-shaped.

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

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pyramid-shaped.

Tetragonal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: chemistry, crystallography, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of the carpal bones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

resembling a pyramid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pyramidic, pyramidical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English piramidal, piramydale, from Medieval Latin pȳramidālis. By surface analysis, pyramid + -al.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: piramidal — pyramid-shaped
  • Czech: pyramidový — pyramid-shaped
  • Dutch: piramidaal — pyramid-shaped
  • French: pyramidal — pyramid-shaped
  • German: pyramidenförmig — pyramid-shaped
  • Greek: πυραμιδικός (pyramidikós) — pyramid-shaped
  • Greek: πυραμιδωτός (pyramidotós) — pyramid-shaped
  • Greek: πυραμιδοειδής (pyramidoeidís) — pyramid-shaped
  • Greek: πυραμοειδής (pyramoeidís) — pyramid-shaped
  • Hungarian: piramidális — pyramid-shaped
  • Italian: piramidale — pyramid-shaped
  • Latin: pȳramidālis — pyramid-shaped
  • Polish: piramidalny — pyramid-shaped
  • Portuguese: piramidal — pyramid-shaped
  • Russian: пирамида́льный (piramidálʹnyj) — pyramid-shaped
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȉramidālan — pyramid-shaped
  • Spanish: piramidal — pyramid-shaped
  • Swedish: pyramidal — pyramid-shaped
  • Swedish: pyramidformad — pyramid-shaped
  • Tagalog: tagiluin — pyramid-shaped
  • Tagalog: gunong — pyramid-shaped
  • Volapük: piramidik — pyramid-shaped
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