Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trapeze

/tɹəˈpiːz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: trapeze
IPA: /tɹəˈpiːz/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

noun

A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.

noun

The trapezium bone.

noun

A certain yo-yo trick.

verb

To swing on or as on a trapeze.

name

A mountain on the Courbet Peninsula, Grande Terre, Kerguelen Islands of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Example Sentences

"[…] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate."
"I begin a roller-coaster trick by throwing a trapeze, making the yo-yo loop around the finger of my left hand and then land back on the string."

Etymology

From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.

Word Breakdown

Root: *ped-

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /tɹəˈpiːz/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

trapezes (plural) trapezes (present, singular) trapezing (participle, present) trapezed (participle, past) trapezed (past)

Derived Forms

trapezelike trapezist

Phrases

trapeze artist trapeze dress

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce trapeze?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹəˈpiːz/.
What does trapeze mean?: A trapezium.
Where does trapeze come from?: From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium. Doublet of trapezium.

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