parallellepipedum

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos). While the spelling parallelepipedum does more justice to the etymology (as the word is essentially a compound of parallel and *epipedum) and is occasionally encountered, the unetymological reinterpretation parallellepipedum (as if from parallelle + *pipedum) is overwhelmingly more common. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːraːlɛləˈpipədʏm/, /paːraːlɛleːˈpipədʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧ral‧lel‧le‧pi‧pe‧dum

Noun

parallellepipedum n (plural parallellepipeda, diminutive parallellepipedumpje n)

  1. parallelepiped (solid figure)
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