It's a quadrilateral (4 sides) and it has two sides that are parallel. If you draw a triangle and cut off one corner, you'll have two figures. One is a triangle, and the other, the 4-sided one, will be a trapezium.
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A trapezium is a shape with four sides. Of these, one pair of sides are parallel. The only restriction on the other pair is that they are not parallel (because you then have a parallelogram).
A trapezium is a quadrilateral (a shape with four sides) with two of its sides parallel. It is not spelt trapezuim, but rather trapezium. Trapezium is another name for trapezoid.