trapezium

Meaning

1. (Australia, British, New-Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
2. (Australia, British, New-Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
3. (US, dated) 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.

Synonyms

trapezoid

trapeze

trapezoid

irregular quadrilateral

os trapezium

trapezium bone

os multangulum majus

diamond-shape

ladder type

echelon form

trapezoid

quadrilateral

rhomb

rhombus

trapeziform

large multangular bone

Translations

trapèze

Trapez

trapecio

trapezio

trapezium

trapézio

trapézoïde

τραπέζιο

trapezoide

yamuk

trapezium

شبه المنحرف

trapezia

trapeze

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/

Etymology

Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.