trapezium /tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/ noun5 •(UK, Australia) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel. •(UK, Australia) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel. •The trapezium bone of the wrist. •(US, old-fashioned) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral. •A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers. formstrapezia · trapeziums