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trapezoid

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English

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trapezoid (1) (US)
trapezoid (2) (UK)

Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from New Latin trapezoïdēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek τρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs), from τράπεζα (trápeza) + -ειδής (-eidḗs). By surface analysis, trapeze + -oid. First attested in 1704.

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    trapezoid (plural trapezoids)

    1. (geometry, US, Canada) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
      Synonym: trapezium (British)
      Hypernyms: quadrilateral < polygon < shape
      Hyponym: isosceles trapezoid
      • 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 178:
        There was a trapezoid of light on his shoulder, some bright fragment torn from a greater plane.
      • 2026 March 3, Steven Kurutz, “That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past.”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
        The dining room was closed (this was the height of the pandemic), but peeking through the trapezoid windows, Mr. Pujol, 53, saw the Pizza Hut of his childhood.
    2. (geometry, UK, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel.
      Synonyms: irregular quadrilateral, (US) trapezium
    3. (anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist.
      Coordinate terms: scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezium
    4. (ice hockey) The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.

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    Descendants

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    • → Indonesian: trapezoid

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    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English trapezoid.

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      Noun

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      trapezoid (plural trapezoid-trapezoid)

      1. trapezoid (a convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel)
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      Polish

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      trapezoid

      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French trapézoïde, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs). By surface analysis, trapèze + -oïde. By surface analysis, trapez + -oid.

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        • IPA(key): /tra.pɛˈzɔ.it/
        • Rhymes: -ɔit
        • Syllabification: tra‧pe‧zo‧id

        Noun

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        trapezoid m inan (related adjective trapezoidalny or trapezoidowy)

        1. (geometry) trapezoid, trapezium (quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel)

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        Romanian

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from French trapézoïde. By surface analysis, trapez + -oid.

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          • Rhymes: -id
          • Hyphenation: tra‧pe‧zo‧id

          Noun

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          trapezoid n (plural trapezoide)

          1. trapezoid

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          Serbo-Croatian

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          Etymology

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          From New Latin trapezoides.

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          • IPA(key): /trapezǒiːd/
          • Hyphenation: tra‧pe‧zo‧id

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          trapezòīd m inan (Cyrillic spelling трапезо̀ӣд)

          1. trapezium

          References

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          • “trapezoid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026