trapezium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, also) IPA(key): /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
trapezium (plural trapeziums or trapezia)
- (geometry, British, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
- Hyponym: parallelogram
- (restrictively) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
- (geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
- (anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist.
- A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Usage notes[edit]
- (geometry): The terms trapezium and trapezoid have swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world.
Synonyms[edit]
- (archaic) trapeze
- (geometry, British, four-sided polygon with two parallel sides): (US) trapezoid
- (geometry, US, four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides): (British) trapezoid, (British) irregular quadrilateral.
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Translations[edit]
polygon with two parallel sides
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polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides
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bone
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trapezium n (plural trapeziums or trapezia, diminutive trapeziumpje n)
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Late Latin; from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /traˈpez.zi.um/, [t̪räˈpɛz̪d̪͡z̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈped.d͡zi.um/, [t̪räˈpɛd̪ː͡z̪ium]
Noun[edit]
trapezium n (genitive trapeziī or trapezī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trapezium | trapezia |
| Genitive | trapeziī trapezī1 |
trapeziōrum |
| Dative | trapeziō | trapeziīs |
| Accusative | trapezium | trapezia |
| Ablative | trapeziō | trapeziīs |
| Vocative | trapezium | trapezia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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