pyramid

Etymology
From, from , from , from , possibly from +  or from , from  +  +. Schenkel and K. Lang proposed hypothetical 🇨🇬 or derived from 🇨🇬 via metathesis as a source of  while Schenkel also suggested it being the source of 🇨🇬 although the latter is considered far-fetched by Takacs.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
 * 3)  A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
 * 4)  Any structure or diagram with many members at the bottom and progressively fewer towards the top.
 * 5)  A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata
 * 6)  The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
 * 7) A pyramid scheme.
 * 8)  . a solitaire card game
 * 9)  The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.
 * 10)  An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.
 * 1) A pyramid scheme.
 * 2)  . a solitaire card game
 * 3)  The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.
 * 4)  An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.
 * 1)  An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: هرم
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: pirámide
 * Azerbaijani:, , firontəpəsi
 * Basque: piramide
 * Belarusian: пірамі́да
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: пирами́да
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: piramido
 * Estonian: püramiid
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პირამიდა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πυραμίς
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पिरमिड,, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, piramid
 * Irish: pirimid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: пирамида
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەرەم
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: pyramis
 * Latvian: piramīda
 * Lithuanian: piramidė
 * Macedonian: пирами́да
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: piramida
 * Marathi: मनोरा
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Nahuatl:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: pyramide
 * Pashto: هرم
 * Persian:, پیرامید,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пирами́да
 * Roman:
 * Sindhi: اهرام
 * Sinhalese: පිරමිඩ
 * Slovak: pyramída
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: piramidi, haram
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tagilo
 * Tajik: пирамида, ҳирам
 * Thai: พีระมิด
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: piramida, ährem
 * Ukrainian: пірамі́да
 * Urdu: اَہْرام, پرامڈ, پرمڈ
 * Uyghur: پىرامىدا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Western Panjabi: ہرم
 * Yiddish: פּיראַמיד


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: pirámide
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: piramido
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: pirimid
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: मनोरा
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пирами́да
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: piramidi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tagilo
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, أَهْرَام
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: pirámide
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: piramide
 * Belarusian: пірамі́да
 * Bulgarian: пирами́да
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: piramido
 * Estonian: püramiid
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πυραμίς
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पिरैमिड
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: пирамида
 * Khmer: ពីរ៉ាមីត
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: piramīda
 * Lithuanian: piramidė
 * Macedonian: пирамида
 * Malay:
 * Maori: koeke-tapawhā
 * Marathi: मनोरा
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: pyramide
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пирами́да
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ihlan
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: piramidi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tagilo
 * Thai: พีระมิด
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: пірамі́да
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Latin: (1, 2)

Verb

 * 1) To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid.
 * 2)  To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.
 * 3)  To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.
 * 4)  To engage in pyramid trading.
 * 5)  To increase to or towards a peak.
 * 1)  To engage in pyramid trading.
 * 2)  To increase to or towards a peak.
 * 1)  To increase to or towards a peak.

Noun

 * 1) a  (ancient construction, or some other pyramid-shaped construction or thing)
 * 2)  a

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Usage notes
Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in pyramid is pronounced /ɨ̞, ɪ/ rather than expected /ə/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word. Nevertheless, pyramid is the more common spelling of the two. See /, /, / for similar examples.

Noun

 * 1) pyramid