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tra·peze

(tră-pēz′, trə-)

1. A short horizontal bar suspended from two parallel ropes, used for gymnastic exercises or for acrobatic stunts.

2. Nautical A cable rigged to support a sailor in hiking out on a racing yacht.

3. An article of clothing, such as a jacket, dress, or coat, that is cut so as to hang down from the shoulders and swing out and away around the hips and legs.

[French trapèze, from Late Latin trapezium, trapezoid; see trapezium.]

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trapeze

(trəˈpiːz)

1. (Gymnastics) a free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats, etc

2. (Nautical Terms) a sling like a bosun's chair at one end of a line attached to the masthead of a light racing sailing boat, used in sitting out

[C19: from French trapèze, from New Latin; see trapezium]

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tra•peze

(træˈpiz; esp. Brit. trə-)

n.

an apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes.

[1860–65; < French trapèze, literally, trapezium]

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trapeze - a swing used by circus acrobats

swing - mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

Translations

أرْجوحَه

visutá hrazda

trapez

Trapez

trapèze

fimleikaróla

trapezio

trapecija

trapece

visutá hrazda

trapeze

[trəˈpiːz]

A. N → trapecio m

B. CPD trapeze artist N → trapecista mf

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trapeze

[trəˈpiːz] n → trapèze mtrapeze artist n → trapéziste mf

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trapeze

n (in circus) → Trapez nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trapeze

[trəˈpiːz] n (di circo) → trapezio

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trapeze

(trəˈpiːz) , ((American) trӕ-) noun

a horizontal bar hung on two ropes, on which gymnasts or acrobats perform. They performed on the trapeze; (also adjective) a trapeze artist.

trapeze

n (for a hospital bed) trapecio (para una cama hospitalaria)

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