different between trapezist vs trapeze

English

Etymology

trapeze +? -ist

Noun

trapezist (plural trapezists)

1. A gymnast who performs on a trapeze.

Synonyms

• trapeze artist

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French trapéziste

Noun

trapezist m (plural trapezi?ti)

1. trapeze artist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): trapèzista

Etymology

From tràp?z.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trap?zist/
• Hyphenation: tra?pe?zist

Noun

trapèzist m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. trapezist

Declension

References

• “trapezist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???pi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

trapeze (plural trapezes)

1. (archaic, geometry) A trapezium.
2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts.
3. (anatomy) The trapezium bone.
   • 2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound (volume 2, page 463)

     […] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate.

Derived terms

• trapeze artist
• trapezist

Translations

Verb

trapeze (third-person singular simple present trapezes, present participle trapezing, simple past and past participle trapezed)

1. To swing on a trapeze

Further reading

• Trapeze in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Trapeze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia