pyramidal

Contents

English

Etymology

From medieval Latin pyramidalis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭ-rămʹĭ-dəl IPA^(key): /pɪˈɹæm.ɪ.dl̩/

Adjective

pyramidal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
2. (crystallography) Tetragonal.

Derived terms

• pyramidally

Translations

pyramid-shaped

• Catalan: piramidal
• Czech: pyramidový
• Dutch: piramidaal
• Greek: πυραμιδικός (el) m (pyramidikós)
• Hungarian: piramidális
• Polish: piramidalny (pl)
• Portuguese: piramidal (pt)

• Russian: пирамида́льный (ru) (piramidálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: pȉramidālan (sh)
• Spanish: piramidal
• Swedish: pyramidal (sv), pyramidformad
• Tagalog: tagiluin, gunong
• Volapük: piramidik (vo)

Noun

pyramidal (plural pyramidals)

1. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones

Related terms

• cuneiform

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French

Adjective

pyramidal (feminine singular pyramidale, masculine plural pyramidaux, feminine plural pyramidales)

1. pyramidal

Further reading

• “pyramidal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).