trapezius

1. 1.

   either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms

   Synonymstrapezius musclecowl musclemusculus trapezius

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Other forms of trapezius

plural

trapeziuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trapezius

What does trapezius mean?

trapezius means "either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms".

How many syllables are in trapezius?

trapezius has 4 syllables: tra-pe-zi-us. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for trapezius?

Close synonyms include trapezius muscle, cowl muscle, musculus trapezius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trapezius a common word?

trapezius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.