trapezoid

English

Wikipedia

Trapezoid (1).

Trapezoid (3) (obsolete).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (“irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”) + -oid (“resembling”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tră'pəzoid, IPA: /ˈtɹæpəzɔɪd/, X-SAMPA: /"tr`{pəzOId/

Noun

trapezoid (plural trapezoids)

1. (geometry) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
2. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
3. (geometry, UK, obsolete) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel and no equal sides.

Synonyms

• (geometry, convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides): (British) trapezium
• (geometry, (obsolete) convex quadrilateral with no parallel sides): irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium

Derived terms

• trapezoidal

Translations

quadrilateral with two sides parallel

• Armenian: սեղան (hy) (seġan)
• Catalan: trapezi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梯形 (cmn) (tīxíng)

• Czech: lichoběžník (cs) m
• Danish: trapez (da) n
• Dutch: trapezium (nl) n
• Esperanto: trapezo (eo)
• Finnish: puolisuunnikas (fi)
• French: trapèze (fr) m
• Galician: trapecio (gl) m, trapezoide (gl) m
• German: Trapez (de) n

• Greek: τραπέζιο (el) (trapezio) n
• Hebrew: טרפז (he) (trapéz) m
• Hungarian: trapéz (hu)
• Ido: trapezo (io)
• Italian: trapezio (it) m
• Japanese: 台形 (ja) (だいけい, daikei)
• Korean: 사다리꼴 (ko) (sadariggol)
• Polish: trapez (pl) m
• Portuguese: trapézio (pt) m
• Russian: трапеция (ru) (trapétsija) f
• Spanish: trapecio (es) m
• Turkish: yamuk (tr)

trapezoid bone

• Catalan: trapezoide (ca) m
• Finnish: iso monikulmaluu (fi)

• Portuguese: trapezoide (pt) m
• Spanish: trapezoide (es) m

quadrilateral with no sides parallel

• Dutch: vierhoek (nl) n
• Finnish: nelikulmio (fi)
• French: trapézoïde (fr) m
• Italian: trapezoide (it) m

• Japanese: 不等辺四辺形 (ja) (ふとうへんしへんけい, futōhenshihenkei)
• Korean: 부등변사변형 (ko) (budeungsabyeonhyeong)
• Polish: trapezoid (pl) m
• Spanish: trapezoide (es) m

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Polish

trapezoid

Noun

trapezoid m

1. (US) trapezium; (UK) irregular quadrilateral

Declension

    declension of trapezoid

	singular	plural
nominative	trapezoid	trapezoidy
genitive	trapezoidu	trapezoidów
dative	trapezoidowi	trapezoidom
accusative	trapezoid	trapezoidy
instrumental	trapezoidem	trapezoidami
locative	trapezoidzie	trapezoidach
vocative	trapezoidzie	trapezoidy