🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

피라미드

Pronunciation / Transliteration: piramideu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pyramid/ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이집트의 피라미드는 고대 왕들의 무덤이었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top.

    "The ancient Egyptians built massive stone pyramids as tombs for their pharaohs."
  2. 2

    An arrangement or organization of items, people, or concepts in a hierarchical structure diminishing from a broad base to a single point.

    "The corporate management team operates on a strict pyramid structure."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek 'pyramis', referring to the monumental structures of Egypt, which was likely borrowed from an Egyptian word 'prmus' denoting the height of a pyramid. The term evolved to describe both the specific geometric polyhedron and any hierarchical or structural arrangement shaped similarly.

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