parallelepiped

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/ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd//ˌpæɹəlɛˈlɛpɪpɛd/

noun

A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.

“A cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped.”

Similar
parallelopipedparallelepipedonparallelopipedon
OriginLatin parallēlepipedum ← Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος →
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Meanings

nounparallelepiped (plural parallelepipeds)

plural parallelepipeds · alternative parallelepipedon · alternative parallelopiped · alternative parallelopipedon

  1. geometryA solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.

    A cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna prism whose bases are parallelograms

Similar
parallelopipedparallelepipedonparallelopipedon
Broader
prism
Also see
parallelopipedon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαραλληλεπίπεδος“with parallel surfaces”
  2. Latinparallēlepipedum
  3. Englishparallelepiped

From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).

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Translations

Catalan paral·lelepípede
  • paral·lelepípedesolid figure
Chinese Mandarin 平行六面體 /平行六面体
  • 平行六面體 /平行六面体 (píngxíng liùmiàntǐ)solid figure
Czech rovnoběžnostěn
  • rovnoběžnostěnsolid figure
Danish parallelepipedum
  • parallelepipedumsolid figure
Dutch parallellepipedum
  • parallellepipedumsolid figure
Esperanto paralelepipedo
  • paralelepipedosolid figure
Finnish suuntaissärmiö
  • suuntaissärmiösolid figure
French parallélépipède
  • parallélépipèdesolid figure
German Parallelflach, Parallelepiped
  • Parallelflachsolid figure
  • Parallelepipedsolid figure
  • Spatsolid figure
Greek παραλληλεπίπεδο
  • παραλληλεπίπεδο (parallilepípedo)solid figure
Hebrew מקבילון
  • מקבילון (makbilón)solid figure
Hungarian paralelepipedon
  • paralelepipedonsolid figure
Indonesian balok genjang
  • balok genjangsolid figure
Irish comhthreomharóid
  • comhthreomharóidsolid figure
Italian parallelepipedo
  • parallelepipedosolid figure
Japanese 平行六面体
  • 平行六面体 (heikō-roku-mentai)solid figure
Polish równoległościan
  • równoległościansolid figure
Portuguese paralelepípedo
  • paralelepípedosolid figure
Russian параллелепи́пед
  • параллелепи́пед (parallelepíped)solid figure
Spanish paralelepípedo
  • paralelepípedosolid figure
Swedish parallellepiped
  • parallellepipedsolid figure
Ukrainian паралелепіпед
  • паралелепіпед (paralelepiped)solid figure
Cite this entry
APA

parallelepiped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parallelepiped

MLA

“parallelepiped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parallelepiped. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parallelepiped,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parallelepiped.

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