trapezium

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• trə-pē′zē-əm
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• /tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/
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• General-American, also: /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/
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• rhymes with -iːzi.əm
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Learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, borrowed from Ancient Greek τρᾰπέζῐον (trăpézĭon, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “small table”), from τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). First attested in 1570. Doublet of trapeze.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ (šibhu munḥarifin) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Armenian: սեղան (seġan) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Azerbaijani: trapesiya — polygon with two parallel sides
• Basque: trapezio — polygon with two parallel sides
• Bengali: ট্রাপিজিয়াম (ṭrapijiẏam) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Bulgarian: трапе́ц (trapéc) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Catalan: trapezi — polygon with two parallel sides
• Chinese Mandarin: 梯形 (tīxíng) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Czech: lichoběžník — polygon with two parallel sides
• Danish: trapez — polygon with two parallel sides
• Dutch: trapezium — polygon with two parallel sides
• Esperanto: trapezo — polygon with two parallel sides
• Finnish: puolisuunnikas — polygon with two parallel sides
• French: trapèze — polygon with two parallel sides
• Galician: trapecio — polygon with two parallel sides
• Galician: trapezoide — polygon with two parallel sides
• German: Paralleltrapez — polygon with two parallel sides
• German: Trapez — polygon with two parallel sides
• Greek: τραπέζιο (trapézio) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον (trapézion) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Hebrew: טְרָפֶּז (trapéz) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Hindi: समलंब (samlamb) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Hindi: समलम्ब (samlamb) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Hungarian: trapéz — polygon with two parallel sides
• Ido: trapezo — polygon with two parallel sides
• Indonesian: trapesium — polygon with two parallel sides
• Italian: trapezio — polygon with two parallel sides
• Japanese: 台形 (daikei) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Japanese: 梯形 (teikei) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Khmer: ចតុកោណព្នាយ (caʼtokaon pniəy) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Korean: 사다리꼴 (sadarikkol) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Korean: 제형 (jehyeong) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Latin: trapezoides — polygon with two parallel sides
• Latin: trapezion — polygon with two parallel sides
• Latin: mensula — polygon with two parallel sides
• Latvian: trapece — polygon with two parallel sides
• Lithuanian: trapecija — polygon with two parallel sides
• Macedonian: трапез (trapez) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Māori: taparara — polygon with two parallel sides
• Navajo: heetsʼóozgo dikʼą́ — polygon with two parallel sides
• Persian: زنخدار (zanaxdâr) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Persian: ذوزنقه (zuzanaqe) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Polish: trapez — polygon with two parallel sides
• Portuguese: trapézio — polygon with two parallel sides
• Russian: трапе́ция (trapécija) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Sanskrit: समलम्ब (samalamba) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Spanish: trapecio — polygon with two parallel sides
• Swedish: trapets — polygon with two parallel sides
• Tagalog: tagigapay — polygon with two parallel sides
• Thai: สี่เหลี่ยมคางหมู (sìi-lìiam-kaang-mǔu) — polygon with two parallel sides
• Turkish: yamuk — polygon with two parallel sides
• Vietnamese: hình thang — polygon with two parallel sides
• Arabic: مُنْحَرِف (munḥarif) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Arabic: شِكْل مُنْحَرِف (šikl munḥarif) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Arabic: مُعَيَّن مُنْحَرِف (muʕayyan munḥarif) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Chinese Mandarin: 不等邊四邊形 /不等边四边形 (bùděngbiānsìbiānxíng) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Czech: čtyřúhelník — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Dutch: trapezoïde — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Esperanto: trapezo — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Finnish: nelikulmio — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• French: trapézoïde — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• German: Trapezoid — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• German: Trapez — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Greek: τραπέζιο (trapézio) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Ancient Greek: τραπέζιον (trapézion) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Hebrew: טְרָפֶּז (trapéz) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Ido: trapezo — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Indonesian: trapezoid — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Italian: trapezoide — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Japanese: 不等辺四辺形 (futōhenshihenkei) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Korean: 부등변사변형 (budeungbyeonsabyeonhyeong) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Latin: trapezium — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Latin: trapezoides — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Macedonian: трапезои́д (trapezoíd) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Persian: زنخدار (zanaxdâr) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Persian: ذوزنقه (zuzanaqe) — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Polish: trapezoid — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Spanish: trapezoide — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Swedish: trapetsoid — polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
• Bulgarian: трапецови́дна ко́ст (trapecovídna kóst) — bone
• Catalan: trapezi — bone
• Chinese Mandarin: 大多角骨 (dàduōjiǎogǔ) — bone
• French: trapèze — bone
• Galician: trapecio — bone
• Hindi: समलंब (samlamb) — bone
• Hindi: समलम्ब (samlamb) — bone
• Japanese: 大菱形骨 (dairyōkeikotsu) — bone
• Korean: 큰마름뼈 (keunmareumppyeo) — bone
• Korean: 대능형골 (daeneunghyeonggol) — bone
• Persian: ذوزنقه (zuzanaqe) — bone
• Portuguese: trapézio — bone
• Sanskrit: समलम्ब (samalamba) — bone
• Spanish: trapecio — bone
• Spanish: hueso trapecio — bone
• Vietnamese: xương thang — bone