pyramid
See also: Pyramid
English
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Alternative forms
- piramis (obsolete)
Etymology
From French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin pȳramis, pȳramidis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís), possibly from πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + ἀμάω (amáō, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pyramid (plural pyramids)
- 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.
- A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
- 2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p. G2]”, in The Daily Telegraph[1], London:
- [T]he owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
- (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
- (UK, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
- A pyramid scheme.
- (card games, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game)
- (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.
- Build your pyramid with all cards face down, except the cards in the bottom row.
- (journalism) An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.
- 1924, Helen Ogden Mahin, The Development and Significance of the Newspaper Headline
- […] with a cross-line banner, a set of two-column pyramids beneath it in the middle, and on each side of these exactly the same thing,—something between a headline and a story—"$50,000 Reward for—" etc.
- 1924, Helen Ogden Mahin, The Development and Significance of the Newspaper Headline
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Translations
ancient construction
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construction
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in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base
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pyramid scheme — see pyramid scheme
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Verb
pyramid (third-person singular simple present pyramids, present participle pyramiding, simple past and past participle pyramided)
- To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid.
- (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.
- (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.
- (finance) To engage in pyramid trading.
- 2002, Alexander Elder, Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading (page 152)
- Multiply this by the number of shares you traded, and add other positions if you pyramided.
- 2002, Alexander Elder, Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading (page 152)
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːd
Noun
pyramid c
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pyramid | pyramiden | pyramider | pyramiderna |
Genitive | pyramids | pyramidens | pyramiders | pyramidernas |
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