plural of 'rhombus'

Post by **CitizenKane** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:29 pm

rhombi? doesnt sound right

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Post by **Foo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:35 pm

rhom‧bus /ˈrɒmbəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rom-buhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -bus‧es, -bi /-baɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-bahy] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation.
1. an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
2. an equilateral parallelogram, including the square as a special case.
3. a rhombohedron.

Back in the day had these fantastic reference 'books' known as the 'dictionary', which told you these things

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:10 am

The other day i wanted to look something up so i typed in dictionary.com, but in my haste i misspelt the adress. Omg teh irony, rofls.

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:25 am

rofl, yes quite. the height of irony u might say!

Post by **plained** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:27 pm

rhomboids hehe

Post by **spl1ff** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:40 pm

here on the street we just say 'rhombs'