-zēəm noun
( plural trapeziums -ēəmz ; or trape·zia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trapezion small table, trapezium, diminutive of trapeza table, from tra- four (akin to Greek tettares four) + peza foot; akin to Greek pod-, pous foot — more at four , foot
1.
a. : a quadrilateral having no two sides parallel
b. Britain : trapezoid 1b
2. : the greater multangulum of the carpus