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trapeze

Today it means: A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists. Full definition →

French trapèze ← Latin trapezium

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trapeze · noun, verb¹

Latin · derived fromtrapezium
French · derived fromtrapèze
English todaytrapeze

From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.

Trapeze · proper noun²

From trapèze - French for trapezium, named so by Edgar Aubert de la Rüe due to the mountain's shape.

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