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feminine

/piˈɾamiðe/

Line drawing of pirámide
Coloured illustration of pirámide
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Translation

pyramid

Word origin

From Latin pyramis (genitive pyramidis), borrowed from Greek puramis, a word the Greeks used for the Egyptian monuments. English 'pyramid' comes from the same root.

Origin
Greek
Root
puramis
English cognates
pyramid

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpirámides

Examples

Egipto Guiza.

The most famous pyramid in Egypt is the one at Giza.

construyeron bloques .

The children built a pyramid out of wooden blocks.

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How many sides does the base of this pyramid have?

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We climbed to the top of the pyramid to see the view.

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In class we drew a pyramid to study its faces.

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This word is part of lesson 95.