trapezoidal

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adjective

In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

adjectivetrapezoidal (comparative more trapezoidal, superlative most trapezoidal)

comparative more trapezoidal · superlative most trapezoidal

  1. In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides.

    On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.

    2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity, page 61
  2. anatomyOf or pertaining to the trapezoid bone of the wrist.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥-ped-ih₂-
  5. Ancient Greekτράπεζα (trápeza)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  9. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  10. Ancient Greekτρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs)
  11. New Latintrapezoïdē
  12. Englishtrapezoid
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishtrapezoidal

From trapezoid + -al.

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Translations

Catalan trapezoïdal
  • trapezoïdalin the shape of a trapezoid
Czech lichoběžníkový
  • lichoběžníkovýin the shape of a trapezoid
German trapezförmig
  • trapezförmigin the shape of a trapezoid
Polish trapezoidalny
  • trapezoidalnyin the shape of a trapezoid
Romanian trapezoidal
  • trapezoidalin the shape of a trapezoid
Spanish trapezoidal
  • trapezoidalin the shape of a trapezoid

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

trapezoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal

MLA

“trapezoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trapezoidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal.

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