rhombus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb.
Inflected forms:
form: rhombi
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rhombuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
pos: noun
gloss: A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
pos: noun
gloss: In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
pos: noun
examples: The Greeks also used an instrument called a rhombus, or witches' wheel. As the wheel spun round, it was thought that influence was gained over certain people or circumstances.
gloss: Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little Rhombus, Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].
gloss: Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
Synonyms: diamond
rhomb
Related words: rhombic
rhomboid
Derived words: rhombus star
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: romb
lang: Arabic
word: مُعَيِّن
roman: muʕayyin
lang: Armenian
word: շեղանկյուն
roman: šeġankyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: romb
lang: Basque
word: erronbo
lang: Belarusian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Bengali
word: রম্বস
roman: romboś
lang: Bulgarian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Catalan
word: rombe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 菱形
roman: língxíng
lang: Czech
word: kosočtverec
lang: Danish
word: rombe
lang: Danish
word: rhombe
lang: Dutch
word: ruit
lang: Esperanto
word: rombo
lang: Estonian
word: romb
lang: Faroese
word: romba
lang: Finnish
word: neljäkäs
lang: French
word: losange
lang: French
word: rhombus
lang: Galician
word: rombo
lang: Georgian
word: რომბი
roman: rombi
lang: German
word: Rhombus
lang: German
word: Raute
lang: Greek
word: ρόμβος
roman: rómvos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥόμβος
roman: rhómbos
lang: Gujarati
word: પત્તાંની ચોપડી
roman: pattā̃nī copḍī
lang: Haitian Creole
word: lozanj
lang: Hebrew
word: מְעֻיָּן
lang: Hindi
word: विषमकोण
roman: viṣamkoṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: rombusz
lang: Icelandic
word: tígull
lang: Icelandic
word: tigull
lang: Ido
word: rombo
lang: Indonesian
word: belah ketupat
lang: Italian
word: rombo
lang: Japanese
word: 斜方形
roman: shahōke
lang: Japanese
word: 菱形
roman: hishigata
lang: Kannada
word: ರಾಂಬಸ್
roman: rāmbas
lang: Kazakh
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Korean
word: 마름모
roman: mareummo
lang: Latin
word: rhombus
lang: Latvian
word: rombs
lang: Limburgish
word: roet
lang: Lithuanian
word: rombas
lang: Macedonian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Mongolian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Navajo
word: ałtsʼą́ąjigo heetsʼóóz
lang: Navajo
word: dį́įʼgo bídazniikʼą́
lang: Norwegian
word: rombe
lang: Occitan
word: lausange
lang: Occitan
word: rombe
lang: Persian
word: لوزی
roman: lowzi
lang: Polish
word: romb
lang: Portuguese
word: losango
lang: Quechua
word: puytu
lang: Romanian
word: romb
lang: Russian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ро̏мб
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rȍmb
lang: Shona
word: gonyaina tsazamativi
lang: Sicilian
word: rummu
lang: Slovak
word: kosoštvorec
lang: Slovene
word: romb
lang: Spanish
word: rombo
lang: Sundanese
word: beulahat kupat
lang: Swahili
word: almasi
lang: Swedish
word: romb
lang: Tagalog
word: tagisukat
lang: Tamil
word: செவ்வகம்
roman: cevvakam
lang: Telugu
word: రాంబస్
roman: rāmbas
lang: Thai
word: สี่เหลี่ยมขนมเปียกปูน
roman: sìi-lìiam-kà-nǒm-bpìiak-bpuun
lang: Thai
word: สี่เหลี่ยมข้าวหลามตัด
roman: sìi-lìiam-kâao-lǎam-dtàt
lang: Turkish
word: eşkenar dörtgen
lang: Ukrainian
word: ромб
roman: romb
lang: Vietnamese
word: hình thoi
lang: Walloon
word: lozindje
lang: Yiddish
word: ראָמב
roman: romb
lang: Yiddish
word: לעקעך
roman: lekekh