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trapezia

Syllables: tra·pe·zi·a/tɹəˈpiː.zi.ə/US/tɹæˈpi.zi.ə/

trapezia is the plural of trapezium.

Meaning of trapezium

Noun

trapezium (plural trapeziums or trapezia)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
    1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
  2. (US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
    Synonyms:
    trapezoid, irregular quadrilateral
  3. The trapezium bone of the wrist.
  4. 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.

Questions about trapezia

What is trapezia the plural of?
Trapezia is the plural of trapezium.
How do you pronounce trapezia?
Trapezia is pronounced /tɹəˈpiː.zi.ə/.

Words near trapezia in the dictionary

  1. trapeze dresses
  2. trapezectomy
  3. trapezed
  4. trapezelike
  5. trapezes
  6. trapezia
  7. trapezial
  8. trapezian
  9. trapeziectomy
  10. trapeziform
  11. trapezii

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trapezia (page history and authors); trapezium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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