pyramid

English

Wikipedia

The Great Pyramids of Giza.

Alternative forms

• piramis (obsolete)

Etymology

French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pyramis, genitive pyramides, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (pyramís), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɹəmɪd/

Noun

pyramid (plural pyramids)

1. An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
2. A 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. (UK, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
5. A pyramid scheme.

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Derived terms

• pyramidal
• pyramidism
• pyramidize
• pyramidologist
• pyramidology
• pyramid scheme

Translations

ancient construction

• Albanian: piramidë f
• Arabic: هرم m (háram), (plural) أهرام m pl ('ahraam)
• Armenian: բուրգ (hy) (burg)
• Asturian: pirámide f
• Bulgarian: пирамида f (piramída)
• Catalan: piràmide f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金字塔 (zh) (jīnzìtǎ)

• Czech: pyramida (cs) f
• Danish: pyramide c
• Dutch: piramide (nl) f
• Egyptian: 𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴 (mr)
• Esperanto: piramido
• Finnish: pyramidi (fi)
• French: pyramide (fr) f
• Galician: pirámide (gl) f
• Georgian: პირამიდა (piramida)
• German: Pyramide (de) f
• Greek: πυραμίδα (el) f (pyramída)

  Ancient: πυραμίς f (piramís)

• Hebrew: פירמידה (he) f (piramída)
• Hindi: पिरमिड (Piramid)
• Hungarian: piramis (hu)

• Icelandic: pýramídi
• Irish: pirimid f
• Japanese: ピラミッド (ja) (piramiddo), 金字塔 (ja) (きんじとう, kinjitō)
• Korean: 피라미드 (phiramideu)
• Latin: pyramis f
• Latvian: piramīda f
• Lithuanian: piramidė f
• Maltese: piramida f
• Polish: piramida (pl) f
• Portuguese: pirâmide (pt) f
• Romanian: piramidă (ro) f
• Russian: пирамида (ru) f (piramída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пирамида f

  Roman: piramida f

• Slovene: piramida (sl) f
• Spanish: pirámide (es) f
• Swedish: pyramid (sv) c
• Thai: พีระมิด (peerámít)
• Turkish: piramit (tr), köpyak (tr)
• Vietnamese: kim tự tháp (vi)
• Volapük: piramid (vo)
• Yiddish: פיראמיד (piramid)

construction

• Arabic: هرم m (háram), (plural) أهرام m pl ('ahraam)
• Armenian: բուրգ (hy) (burg)
• Asturian: pirámide f
• Catalan: piràmide f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金字塔 (zh) (jīnzìtǎ)

• Czech: pyramida (cs) f
• Danish: pyramide c
• Dutch: piramide (nl) f
• Esperanto: piramido
• Finnish: pyramidi (fi)
• French: pyramide (fr) f
• Galician: pirámide (gl) f

• Greek: πυραμίδα (el) f (pyramída)
• Hebrew: פירמידה (he) f (piramída)
• Irish: pirimid f
• Persian: هرم (fa)
• Portuguese: pirâmide (pt) f
• Russian: пирамида (ru) f (piramída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пирамида f

  Roman: piramida f

• Spanish: pirámide (es) f
• Swedish: pyramid (sv) c
• Turkish: piramit (tr), köpyak (tr)
• Volapük: piramid (vo)

in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base

• Arabic: هرم m (háram), (plural) أهرام m pl ('ahraam)
• Armenian: բուրգ (hy) (burg)
• Asturian: pirámide f
• Bulgarian: пирамида f (piramída)
• Catalan: piràmide f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角錐 (zh), 角锥 (jiǎozhuī)

• Czech: jehlan (cs) m
• Danish: pyramide c
• Dutch: piramide (nl) f, viervlak (nl) n
• Esperanto: piramido
• Finnish: pyramidi (fi)
• French: pyramide (fr) f
• Galician: pirámide (gl) f

• German: Pyramide (de) f
• Greek: πυραμίδα (el) f (pyramída)
• Hebrew: פירמידה (he) f (piramída)
• Japanese: 角錐 (かくすい, kakusui)
• Polish: ostrosłup (pl) m, piramida (pl) f
• Portuguese: pirâmide (pt) f
• Russian: пирамида (ru) f (piramída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пирамида f

  Roman: piramida f

• Spanish: pirámide (es) f
• Swedish: pyramid (sv) c
• Turkish: piramit (tr), üçgenit, köpyak (tr)
• Volapük: piramid (vo)

pyramid scheme — see pyramid scheme

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: 피라미드 (piramideu)
• Latin: pyramis f (1, 2)

See also

• Ponzi scheme

Verb

pyramid (third-person singular simple present pyramids, present participle pyramiding, simple past and past participle pyramided)

1. (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.

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Swedish

Noun

pyramid c

1. (geometry) pyramid
2. Pyramid-shaped construction.

Declension

Declension of pyramid

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pyramid	pyramiden	pyramider	pyramiderna
genitive	pyramids	pyramidens	pyramiders	pyramidernas

Related terms

• pyramidspel

See also

• pyramidal