Meanings
comparative more trapezoidal · superlative most trapezoidal
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*ped-
- Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥-ped-ih₂-
- Ancient Greekτράπεζα (trápeza)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekτρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs)
- New Latintrapezoïdē
- Englishtrapezoid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtrapezoidal
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
Rhymes with trapezoidal
Cite this entry
trapezoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal
“trapezoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trapezoidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trapezoidal.
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