ρόμβος — meaning in English

English meaning

• lozenge noun A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
• rhombus noun A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.

Senses

ρόμβος is used for these senses in English:

• lozenge (shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
• rhombus (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]

lozenge — full definition

1. noun A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
2. noun A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

rhombus — full definition

1. noun A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
2. noun The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
3. noun In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
4. noun Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.