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isosceles

/aɪˈsɔːsəˌliz/eye-SAW-suh-leez
/aɪˈsɔsəˌliz/eye-SAW-suh-leez

Meaningequal legs

Common meaning: of a triangle: with a matching pair of sides

Journey through time

  1. Greekἴσος‘equal, alike’
  2. Latinisosceles
  3. Englishisosceles‘of a triangle: with a matching pair of sides’ · today

iso also in: isobarisomerisotope

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek ἴσος ‘equal, alike’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ἴσος, p. 711 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

isobarisomerisotope

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