transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˌle-lə-ˈpī-pəd also ]
-ˌle-ˈle-pə-ˌped noun
Etymology: Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos + epipedon plane surface, from neuter of epipedos flat, from epi- epi- + pedon ground; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot
Date: 1570
: a 6-faced polyhedron all of whose faces are parallelograms lying in pairs of parallel planes