Pyramide

Attested as Piramide in 1838-1857. Derived from piramide (“pyramid”). Possibly named after a house with a pyramid-shaped roof.

See also Zealandic Pieremie.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpi.raːˈmi.də/

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• Hyphenation: Py‧ra‧mi‧de
• Rhymes: -idə
• Homophone: piramide

Pyramide n

1. A hamlet in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “pyramide”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

15th century, as Pyramis, from Latin pyramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís). The modern form since ca. 1600 from the Graeco-Latin inflected stem (genitive pyramidis, πυραμίδος), possibly after Middle French pyramide.

• IPA^(key): /pyraˈmiːdə/, [py.ʁaˈmiː.də], [ˌpʏ-], [ˌpyː-]

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• Rhymes: -iːdə

Pyramide f (genitive Pyramide, plural Pyramiden)

1. pyramid

• pyramidal, pyramidenartig, pyramidenförmig
• Doppelpyramide, Dreieckpyramide, Sechseckpyramide, Zehneckpyramide, Elfeckpyramide, Zwölfeckpyramide
• Alterspyramide, Bevölkerungspyramide, Cheopspyramide, Einkommenspyramide, Ernährungspyramide, Steinpyramide, Stufenpyramide, Weihnachtspyramide
• Pyramidenbau, Pyramidendach, Pyramidenform, Pyramidengrundfläche, Pyramidenhöhe, Pyramidenmantelfläche, Pyramidenspitze, Pyramidenstumpf, Pyramidenzahl, Pyramidenzelle

• → Czech: pyramida

• Kegel (“cone”)
• Keil (“wedge”)

• “Pyramide” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pyramide” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Pyramide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pyramide” in Duden online