trapezium

Etymology
Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from, from , diminutive of. .

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
 * 2)  A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
 * 3)  A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
 * 4)  The trapezium bone of the wrist.
 * 5) 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.
 * 1) 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

 * The terms and  have swapped meanings in the US and Canada as compared with the rest of the world.

Synonyms

 * trapezoid
 * trapezoid, irregular quadrilateral.
 * trapezoid, irregular quadrilateral.

Translations

 * Arabic: (used in Egypt) شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: trapezio
 * Bengali: ট্রাপিজিয়াম
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: trapez
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: trapezo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: Paralleltrapez,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τραπέζιον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: trapezoides, trapezion, mensula
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: трапез
 * Maori: taparara
 * Navajo: heetsʼóozgo dikʼą́
 * Persian: زنخدار,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tagigapay
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: (形簜)


 * Arabic: (used in Egypt) شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不等邊四邊形
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: trapezo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Trapezoid,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τραπέζιον
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 不等辺四辺形
 * Korean: 부등변사변형(不等邊四邊形)
 * Latin: trapezium, trapezoides
 * Macedonian: трапезои́д
 * Persian: زنخدار,
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: trapetsoid


 * Bulgarian: трапецовидна кост
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大多角骨
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 큰마름뼈, 대능형골(大菱形骨)
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1)  A, trapezoid, a quadrilateral with two sides parallel

Etymology
Late Latin; from, diminutive of.

Noun

 * , trapezoid (four-sided shape with no sides parallel and no equal sides)