trapezium
noun /trəˈpiːziəm/
/trəˈpiːziəm/
(plural trapeziums, trapezia
(geometry) /trəˈpiːziə/
/trəˈpiːziə/
)- (British English)
enlarge image(North American English trapezoid)a flat shape with four straight sides, one pair of opposite sides being parallel (= the same distance apart at every point) and the other pair not parallelTopics Colours and Shapesc2 - (North American English) (British English trapezoid)a flat shape with four straight sides, none of which are parallel (= the same distance apart at every point)Topics Colours and Shapesc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek trapezion, from trapeza ‘table’.