rhombus

See also Rhombus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhombos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhembo, “I turn around”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɒmbəs/, X-SAMPA: /"rQmb@s/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɹɑːmbəs/, X-SAMPA: /"rA:mb@s/

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Noun

rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses)

A pair of rhombi.

1. (zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes once considered part of the genus Rhombus. [from 16th c.]
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:

     the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little Rhombus, Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].

2. (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

• (geometry): diamond (not in technical use), lozenge, rhomb

Related terms

• rhombic
• rhomboid

Translations

A parallelogram having all sides of equal length

• Arabic: معين (ar) (mu3ayyin) m
• Armenian: շեղանկյուն (hy) (seġankyun) 
• Azeri: romb (az)
• Basque: erronbo (eu)
• Bengali: রম্বস (bn)
• Bulgarian: ромб (bg) m (romb)
• Catalan: rombe (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菱形 (cmn) (língxíng)

• Czech: kosočtverec (cs) m
• Danish: rombe (da) c
• Dutch: ruit (nl) f
• Finnish: neljäkäs (fi)
• West Flemish: rute
• French: losange (fr) m, rhombus (fr) m
• German: Rhombus (de) m, Raute (de) f
• Greek: ρόμβος (el) (róvos) m 

  Ancient: ῥόμβος (rhombos)

• Gujarati: પત્તાંની ચોપડી (gu) (pattānnī cōpaḍī) m
• Haitian Creole: lozanj
• Hebrew: מעוין (he) (me`uyán) m
• Hindi: विषमकोण (hi) (viṣamakōṇa) m
• Hungarian: rombusz (hu)
• Icelandic: tígull (is) m, tigull (is) m
• Ido: rombo (io)
• Indonesian: belah ketupat (id)
• Italian: rombo (it) m
• Japanese: 斜方形 (ja) (しゃほうけい, shahōke), 菱形 (ja) (ひしがた, hishigata)
• Kannada: ರಾಂಬಸ್ (kn) (rāmbas) m

• Korean: 마름모 (ko) (mareummo)
• Latin: rhombus (la) m
• Latvian: rombs (lv) m
• Limburgish: roet (li)
• Lithuanian: rombas (lt) m
• Mongolian: ромб (mn) (romb)) 
• Norwegian: rombe (no) m
• Occitan: lausange (oc)
• Persian: لوزی (fa)
• Polish: romb (pl) m
• Portuguese: losango (pt) m
• Quechua: puytu (qu)
• Romanian: romb (ro)
• Russian: ромб (ru) (romb) m 
• Shona: gonyaina tsazamativi (sn)
• Sicilian: rummu (scn) m
• Slovak: kosoštvorec m
• Slovene: romb (sl) m
• Spanish: rombo (es) m
• Sundanese: beulahat kupat (su)
• Swahili: almasi (sw)
• Swedish: romb (sv)
• Tagalog: rombus (tl)
• Tamil: செவ்வகம் (ta) (cevvakam)
• Telugu: రాంబస్ (te) (rāmbas)
• Turkish: eşkenar dörtgen (tr)
• Ukrainian: ромб (uk) m (romb)
• Vietnamese: hình thoi (vi)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhombos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhembo, “I turn around”).

Noun

rhombus (genitive rhombī); m, second declension

1. rhombus

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rhombus	rhombī
genitive	rhombī	rhombōrum
dative	rhombō	rhombīs
accusative	rhombum	rhombōs
ablative	rhombō	rhombīs
vocative	rhombe	rhombī