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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}
Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from {{learned borrowing|en|LL.|trapezium|notext=1}}, from {{uder|en|grc|τραπέζιον||irregular quadrilateral|lit=a little table}}, diminutive of {{m|grc|τράπεζα||table}}. {{doublet|en|trapeze}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/}}
:* {{IPA|en|/tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/|a=GA,also}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-trapezium.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|trapezia}}

# {{lb|en|geometry|British|AU|NZ}} A [[quadrilateral]] with two sides [[parallel]].
#: {{hyponyms|en|parallelogram}}
## {{lb|en|restrictively}} A [[quadrilateral]] with two sides [[parallel]] and two sides non-parallel.
# {{lb|en|geometry|US|dated}} A four-sided [[polygon]] with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular [[quadrilateral]].
# {{lb|en|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====
* {{sense|geometry}} The terms {{m|en|trapezium}} and {{m|en|trapezoid}} have swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world.

====Synonyms====
* {{qualifier|archaic}} {{l|en|trapeze}}
* {{sense|geometry|British|four-sided polygon with two parallel sides}} {{qualifier|US}} [[trapezoid]]
* {{sense|geometry|US|four-sided polygon with no sides parallel and no equal sides}} {{qualifier|British}} [[trapezoid]], {{qualifier|British}} [[irregular]] [[quadrilateral]].

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|trapezium rule}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|trapeze}}
* {{l|en|trapeziform}}
* {{l|en|trapezius}}
* {{l|en|trapezoid}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|polygon with two parallel sides}}
* Arabic: (used in Egypt) {{t|ar|شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սեղան}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|trapezio}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ট্রাপিজিয়াম}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|трапец|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|trapezi|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|梯形|tr=tīxíng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|lichoběžník|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|trapez|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|trapezium|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|trapezo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puolisuunnikas}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trapèze|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|trapecio|m}}, {{t+|gl|trapezoide|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Paralleltrapez|n}}, {{t+|de|Trapez|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τραπέζιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τραπέζιον|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|טְרָפֶּז|m|tr=trapéz}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|समलंब|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|trapéz}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|trapezo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|trapesium}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|trapezio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|台形|tr=daikei|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|梯形|tr=teikei|sc=Jpan}} {{q|dated}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ចតុកោណព្នាយ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사다리꼴}}, {{t|ko|제형(梯形)}} {{q|dated}}
* Latin: {{t|la|trapezoides}}, {{t|la|trapezion|n}}, {{t|la|mensula|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|trapece|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|trapecija|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|трапез|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taparara}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|heetsʼóozgo dikʼą́}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|زنخدار|tr=zanaxdâr}}, {{t+|fa|ذوزنقه|tr=zuzanaqe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|trapez|m-in}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trapézio|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|трапе́ция|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|trapecio|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|trapets|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|tagigapay}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สี่เหลี่ยมคางหมู}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yamuk}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hình thang}} ({{t|vi|形簜}})
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides}}
* Arabic: (used in Egypt) {{t|ar|شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|不等邊四邊形|tr=bùděngbiānsìbiānxíng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|čtyřúhelník}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|trapezoïde}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|trapezo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nelikulmio}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trapézoïde|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Trapezoid|n}}, {{t+|de|Trapez|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τραπέζιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τραπέζιον|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|טְרָפֶּז|m|tr=trapéz}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|trapezo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|trapezoid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|trapezoide|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|不等辺四辺形|tr=futōhenshihenkei}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|부등변사변형(不等邊四邊形)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|trapezium|n}}, {{t|la|trapezoides}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|трапезои́д|m}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|زنخدار|tr=zanaxdâr}}, {{t+|fa|ذوزنقه|tr=zuzanaqe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|trapezoid|m-in}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|trapezoide|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|trapetsoid|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|bone}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|трапецовидна кост|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|trapezi|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|大多角骨|tr=dàduōjiǎogǔ}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trapèze|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|trapecio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|大菱形骨|tr=dairyōkeikotsu|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|큰마름뼈}}, {{t|ko|대능형골(大菱形骨)}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ذوزنقه|tr=zuzanaqe}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trapézio|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|trapecio|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|xương thang}} ({{t|vi|𩩫簜}})
{{trans-bottom}}

{{cln|en|nouns with irregular plurals}}
{{C|en|Shapes|Skeleton}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|LL.|trapezium}}, from {{der|nl|grc|τραπέζιον|t=irregular quadrilateral}}, diminutive of {{m|grc|τράπεζα|t=table}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/trɑˈpeːzɪʏm/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-trapezium.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|n|-s|pl2=trapezia|+}}

# {{lb|nl|geometry}} a {{l|en|trapezium}}, [[trapezoid]], a quadrilateral with two sides parallel

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|trapezoïde}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
Late Latin; from {{der|la|grc|τραπέζιον||irregular quadrilateral|lit=a little table}}, diminutive of {{m|grc|τράπεζα||table}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|trapezium}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|trapezium<2>}}

# {{l|en|trapezium}}, [[trapezoid]] (four-sided shape with no sides parallel and no equal sides)

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|trapezium<2>}}

====Descendants====
{{desc-top}}
* {{desc|ca|trapezi}}
* {{desc|da|trapez|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|trapezium|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|fr|trapèze}}
* {{desc|en|trapezium|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Trapez|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gl|trapecio}}
* {{desc|it|trapezio}}
* {{desc|pl|trapez|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|trapézio}}
* {{desc|ru|трапеция|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sh|tràpēz|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|trapecio}}
{{desc-bottom}}