pirâmide

See also: piramide, pirámide, and piràmide

Galician

Noun

pirâmide f (plural pirâmides, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of pirámide

Further reading

• “pirâmide” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pirâmide em Gizé

Etymology

From Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɾɐ̃.mi.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɾɐ̃.mi.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɾɐ.mi.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾɐ.mi.dɨ/ [piˈɾɐ.mi.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: pi‧râ‧mi‧de

Noun

pirâmide f (plural pirâmides)

1. pyramid
   1. an ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex
   2. construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base
   3. (geometry) a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base
   4. (by extension) any structure or diagram with many members at the bottom and progressively fewer towards the top

Derived terms

• esquema de pirâmide
• Pirâmide de Quéops
• piramidezinha
• piramidologia

 

Related terms

• piramidal

 

Further reading

• “pirâmide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024