rhombus

Senso (Inglese)

1. A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
2. A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
3. In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
4. (archaic) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.
5. (archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.

Concetti

rombo

losanga

quadro

sinonimi

rhomb

lozenge

diamond

rhomboid

rhombohedron

trapezium

turbot

diamond-shaped

double-wedge

diamond-shape

quadrilateral

rhombic

rhombohedral

Traduzioni

rombo

losange

Rhombus

Raute

ruit

rombe

rhombe

ρόμβος

rombo

tarbot

losango

griet

barbue

rhombus

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɹɒmbəs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb.