Dictionary

trapezium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/ (General-American, also)
• /tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/
• trə-pē′zē-əm
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel. ▸ A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
3. (US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
4. The trapezium bone of the wrist.
5. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

Forms

Deriveds

scaphotrapezium · trapezium rule

Hyponyms

parallelogram · parallelogram

Relateds

trapezius · trapezoid · trapeziform · trapeze

Synonyms

trapezoid (four-sided polygon with two parallel sides) · irregular quadrilateral (four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides) · trapeze · trapezoid (four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides)

Translations (96)

he טְרָפֶּז (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ja 梯形 (polygon with two parallel sides) · cmn 梯形 (polygon with two parallel sides) · la trapezium (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ar مُعَيَّن مُنْحَرِف (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · io trapezo (polygon with two parallel sides) · eo trapezo (polygon with two parallel sides) · hi समलंब (bone) · pt trapézio (bone) · ko 제형 (polygon with two parallel sides) · gl trapezoide (polygon with two parallel sides) · ko 사다리꼴 (polygon with two parallel sides) · lt trapecija (polygon with two parallel sides) · sa समलम्ब (bone) · pl trapezoid (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · id trapesium (polygon with two parallel sides) · vi hình thang (polygon with two parallel sides) · pt trapézio (polygon with two parallel sides) · bn ট্রাপিজিয়াম (polygon with two parallel sides) · tr yamuk (polygon with two parallel sides) · fa زنخدار (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · cmn 大多角骨 (bone) · cmn 不等邊四邊形 /不等边四边形 (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · grc τραπέζιον (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · eo trapezo (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · io trapezo (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · es trapezoide (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · nv heetsʼóozgo dikʼą́ (polygon with two parallel sides) · da trapez (polygon with two parallel sides) · la trapezion (polygon with two parallel sides) · ja 大菱形骨 (bone) · fa ذوزنقه (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · bg трапецови́дна ко́ст (bone) · fa زنخدار (polygon with two parallel sides) · id trapezoid (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · it trapezoide (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · mk трапез (polygon with two parallel sides) · sv trapets (polygon with two parallel sides) · sa समलम्ब (polygon with two parallel sides) · fa ذوزنقه (polygon with two parallel sides) · fa ذوزنقه (bone) · el τραπέζιο (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · th สี่เหลี่ยมคางหมู (polygon with two parallel sides) · lv trapece (polygon with two parallel sides) · pl trapez (polygon with two parallel sides) · es trapecio (polygon with two parallel sides) · fi puolisuunnikas (polygon with two parallel sides) · cs lichoběžník (polygon with two parallel sides) · fr trapézoïde (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ca trapezi (polygon with two parallel sides) · it trapezio (polygon with two parallel sides) · la trapezoides (polygon with two parallel sides) · nl trapezoïde (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · hi समलंब (polygon with two parallel sides) · la trapezoides (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · de Trapez (polygon with two parallel sides) · hy սեղան (polygon with two parallel sides) · ko 큰마름뼈 (bone) · ko 대능형골 (bone) · de Paralleltrapez (polygon with two parallel sides) · es hueso trapecio (bone) · de Trapezoid (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ca trapezi (bone) · ja 不等辺四辺形 (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · la mensula (polygon with two parallel sides) · fr trapèze (bone) · mi taparara (polygon with two parallel sides) · grc τραπέζιον (polygon with two parallel sides) · nl trapezium (polygon with two parallel sides) · he טְרָפֶּז (polygon with two parallel sides) · eu trapezio (polygon with two parallel sides) · bg трапе́ц (polygon with two parallel sides) · ru трапе́ция (polygon with two parallel sides) · de Trapez (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · hi समलम्ब (polygon with two parallel sides) · fr trapèze (polygon with two parallel sides) · ar مُنْحَرِف (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · el τραπέζιο (polygon with two parallel sides) · km ចតុកោណព្នាយ (polygon with two parallel sides) · hu trapéz (polygon with two parallel sides) · sv trapetsoid (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ar شِكْل مُنْحَرِف (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · mk трапезои́д (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · ar شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ (polygon with two parallel sides) · vi xương thang (bone) · tl tagigapay (polygon with two parallel sides) · hi समलम्ब (bone) · cs čtyřúhelník (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · gl trapecio (bone) · fi nelikulmio (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · gl trapecio (polygon with two parallel sides) · pl kość czworoboczna większa (bone) · es trapecio (bone) · ko 부등변사변형 (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides) · az trapesiya (polygon with two parallel sides) · ja 台形 (polygon with two parallel sides)