trapezium
Syllables: tra·pe·zi·um/tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/US/tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/
trapezium noun: a quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
Noun
trapezium (plural trapeziums or trapezia)
- A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
- A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
- A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
- Synonyms:
- trapezoid, irregular quadrilateral
- The trapezium bone of the wrist.
- 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.
trapezium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
trapezium in Hindi
- polygon with two parallel sides
- समलंब samlamb, समलम्ब samlamb
- bone
- समलंब samlamb, समलम्ब samlamb
trapezium in Tamil
- சரிவகம், ஈர் இணை நாற்கரம்
trapezium in Bengali
- polygon with two parallel sides
- ট্রাপিজিয়াম ṭrapijiẏam
trapezium in Kannada
- ವಿಷಮ ಚತುರ್ಭುಜ
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- trapezium in Sanskrit
- समलम्ब samalamba
- trapezium in Tagalog
- tagigapay
- trapezium in Arabic
- شِبْهُ مُنْحَرِفٍ šibhu munḥarifin, مُنْحَرِف munḥarif, شِكْل مُنْحَرِف šikl munḥarif, مُعَيَّن مُنْحَرِف muʕayyan munḥarif
- trapezium in Indonesian
- trapesium, trapezoid
- trapezium in Persian
- زنخدار zanaxdâr, ذوزنقه zuzanaqe
- trapezium in Thai
- สี่เหลี่ยมคางหมู sìi-lìiam-kaang-mǔu
- trapezium in Vietnamese
- hình thang, xương thang
Synonyms of trapezium
Forms of trapezium
| plural | trapeziums |
|---|---|
| plural | trapezia |
Origin of trapezium
Learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, borrowed from Ancient Greek τρᾰπέζῐον (trăpézĭon, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “small table”), from τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). First attested in 1570. Doublet of trapeze.
Words formed from trapezium
Phrases with trapezium
Questions about trapezium
- What does trapezium mean?
- Trapezium means a quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
- What is trapezium in Hindi?
- Trapezium in Hindi is समलंब (samlamb), समलम्ब (samlamb). See Trapezium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trapezium?
- Trapezium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trapezium?
- Trapezium is pronounced /tɹəˈpiː.zi.əm/.
- What is the plural of trapezium?
- The plural of trapezium is trapeziums.
Words near trapezium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trapezium (page history and authors); trapezium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trapezium (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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