"rhomb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɒm/, /ɹɒmb/, /ɹʌmb/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhomb.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rhomb2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rhombs [plural]
Etymology: Partly borrowed from Middle French rhombe and partly from its etymon Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhombus and rhumb. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|rhombe}} Middle French rhombe, {{bor|en|la|rhombus}} Latin rhombus, {{der|en|grc|ῥόμβος}} Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos), {{doublet|en|rhombus|rhumb}} Doublet of rhombus and rhumb Head templates: {{en-noun}} rhomb (plural rhombs)
  1. A rhombus.
    Sense id: en-rhomb-en-noun-kkh89pPO
  2. A rhombohedron.
    Sense id: en-rhomb-en-noun-3COCTHKU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Fresnel's rhomb

Inflected forms

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