transcription, транскрипция: [ trə-ˈpē-zē-əm, tra- ]
noun
( plural -zi·ums or tra·pe·zia -zē-ə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trapezion, literally, small table, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot — more at four , foot
Date: 1570
1.
a. : a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
b. British : trapezoid 1b
2. : a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the thumb