rhombe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃b/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃b

Noun

rhombe m (plural rhombes)

1. (geometry, dated) rhombus

   Synonym: losange

   Hypernym: parallélogramme

2. (music) rhombus, bullroarer

   Hypernym: instrument à vent

Related terms

• rhomboïde

Descendants

• → Russian: ромб (romb)
  • → Armenian: ռոմբ (ṙomb)
  • → Azerbaijani: romb
  • → Georgian: რომბი (rombi)
  • → Kazakh: ромб (romb)

Further reading

• “rhombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “rhombe”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

Latin

Noun

rhombe

1. vocative singular of rhombus