pyramidal

English

Etymology

From medieval Latin pyramidalis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

pyramidal (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

pyramidally

Translations

pyramid-shaped

Catalan: piramidal
Czech: pyramidový
Dutch: piramidaal
Greek: πυραμιδικός (el) m (pyramidikós)
Hungarian: piramidális
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)

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

Related terms

cuneiform

French

Adjective

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

pyramidal

Further reading

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

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