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trapeze

/tɹəˈpiz/truh-PEEZ
/tɹəˈpiz/truh-PEEZ

Meaninga table (shape)

Common meaning: a swinging bar for acrobats

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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τράπεζα ‘a table’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry τράπεζα, p. 1568 · dictionary scan

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