isosceles

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰσοσκελής, from ἴσος (isos, “equal”) + σκέλος (skelos, “leg”); another word of the same root is scalene.

Adjective

isosceles (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or isosceles trapezoid.

Translations

having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle

• Czech: rovnoramenný (cs) m
• Finnish: tasakylkinen (fi)
• French: isocèle (fr)
• German: gleichschenklig (de)
• Hebrew: שווה שוקיים (he) (shvé shokáim) m

• Italian: isoscele (it), equicrure (it)
• Manx: cochoshanagh (gv)
• Russian: равнобедренный (ru) (ravnobédrennyj)
• Swedish: likbent (sv)
• Welsh: isosgeles (cy)