พีระมิด(pee-rá-mít)

Meanings

1NounA2

pyramid

a large structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone in ancient Egypt.

Examples

นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectพีระมิดpee-rá-mítพีระมิดpee-rá-mít1pyramid2pyramid (solid shape)
This is a pyramid.
2NounB1

pyramid (solid shape)

a solid shape with a polygon base and triangular sides that meet at a single point

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ครูสอนkruu sŏnครูสอนkruu sŏn[to] teach (used after subject ‘teacher’)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesรูปทรงrôop songรูปทรงrôop song1shape; form2geometric shape3silhouette; overall design4body shape; figureพีระมิดpee-rá-mítพีระมิดpee-rá-mít1pyramid2pyramid (solid shape)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วิชาwi-chaaวิชาwi-chaa1subject; course; field of study2knowledge; skill; discipline3esoteric or magical arts4classifier: courses/subjectsคณิตศาสตร์ká-nít-dtà-sàatคณิตศาสตร์ká-nít-dtà-sàatmathematics; math
Today, the teacher taught about the shape of a pyramid in math class.

Word Breakdown

พีpeeพีpee1elder sibling; older person (address)2letter P (English)3phosphorus; P (chemistry)Part 1
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ระráระrá1bound element ‘ระ-’ (rapid; repeated; scattered) [colloq.]2bound form ‘ระ-’ (between; among; within)3echo/reduplicative element (sound-symbolic)Part 2
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มิดmítมิดmít1completely; tightly2sealed; hidden from view3tight; closed upPart 3
พีระมิดpee-rá-mítพีระมิดpee-rá-mítpyramid