Rhombic

rhombus

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Contents

• 1English
  • 1.1Etymology
  • 1.2Pronunciation
  • 1.3Noun
    • 1.3.1Synonyms
    • 1.3.2Derived terms
    • 1.3.3Related terms
    • 1.3.4Translations
  • 1.4References
• 2Latin
  • 2.1Alternative forms
  • 2.2Etymology
  • 2.3Pronunciation
  • 2.4Noun
    • 2.4.1Declension
    • 2.4.2Descendants
  • 2.5References

English

rhombus on Wikipedia

A pair of rhombi.A rhombus (flatfish)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒmbəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːmbəs/
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Noun

rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses)

1. (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]
   1. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
2. In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer. quotations ▼
3. (zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus. [from 16th c.] quotations ▼
4. (zoology, archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.

Synonyms

• (geometry): diamond (not in technical use), lozenge (if not square), rhomb

Derived terms

• rhombus star

Related terms

• rhombic
• rhomboid

Translations

show ▼±A parallelogram having all sides of equal length

References

• “rhombus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “rhombus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

• rombus, rumbus (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn around”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbus]

Noun

rhombus m (genitive rhombī); second declension

1. rhombus (geometry)
2. flatfish
3. a magician's circle
4. (Medieval Latin) sturgeon synonym ▲hyponym ▼Synonym: sturiō

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