pyramidal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English piramidal, piramydale, from Medieval Latin pȳramidālis. By surface analysis, pyramid + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pyramid-shaped.
Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.
1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:Among its attractive features were decorative, tile-hung Italianate towers with pyramidal roofs.
2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52:At one point was an isolated pyramidal rock, crowned by a great tree, which appeared to be separated by a cleft from the main crag.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘It’s Just the very Biggest Thing in the World’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 49:
- (not-comparable) Pyramid-shaped. ▸ Tetragonal.
Deriveds
suprapyramidal · obpyramidal · pyramidalize · intrapyramidal · bipyramidal · interpyramidal · pyramidal number · pyramidalism · nonpyramidal · pyramidal cell · superpyramidal · parapyramidal · subpyramidal · dipyramidal · pyramidalized · pyramidal neuron · pyramidal tract · tetrapyramidal · extrapyramidal · infrapyramidal · pyramidally
Translations (24)
el πυραμιδωτός (pyramid-shaped) · tl tagiluin (pyramid-shaped) · es piramidal (pyramid-shaped) · hu piramidális (pyramid-shaped) · vo piramidik (pyramid-shaped) · sv pyramidformad (pyramid-shaped) · el πυραμοειδής (pyramid-shaped) · sh pȉramidālan (pyramid-shaped) · la pȳramidālis (pyramid-shaped) · mk пирамида́лен (pyramid-shaped) · pt piramidal (pyramid-shaped) · tl gunong (pyramid-shaped) · nl piramidaal (pyramid-shaped) · fi pyramidin muotoinen (pyramid-shaped) · de pyramidenförmig (pyramid-shaped) · ca piramidal (pyramid-shaped) · pl piramidalny (pyramid-shaped) · el πυραμιδοειδής (pyramid-shaped) · fr pyramidal (pyramid-shaped) · ru пирамида́льный (pyramid-shaped) · el πυραμιδικός (pyramid-shaped) · cs pyramidový (pyramid-shaped) · it piramidale (pyramid-shaped) · sv pyramidal (pyramid-shaped)