a trapezium, trapezoid, a quadrilateral with two sides parallel
çekim: çoğul trapeziums
eş: trapezoïde
köken: Borrowed from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).
trapezium, trapezoid; a quadrilateral with two sides being parallel to each other · trapezoid bone
çekim: çoğul समलंबों
köken: Sanskritic bahuvrīhi compound of सम (sam, “same”) + लंब (lamb, “perpendicular, altitude”), since both altitudes from the base (one of the parallel sides) of a trapezium are of equal length.
köken: Etymology tree Latin mēnsusnom. Latin mēnsa Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ula Latin mēnsula From mēnsa + ula (diminutive suffix).
trapezium (UK), trapezoid (US); quadrangle with two opposite sides parallel
çekim: çoğul trapezer · tamlayan trapez'
köken: Borrowed via German Trapez and Latin trapezium from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).
trapezium (a quadrilateral with two sides parallel)
köken: From Dutch trapezium, from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”).
Borrowed from Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”), itself from τρά- (trá-, “four”) + πέζα (péza, “foot, edge”).