Added 10 October 2026
parallelepiped
/ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/ noun
Latin root: parallēlepipedum Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about parallelepiped at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A prism whose bases are parallelograms.
Origin
From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).
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