pentagon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- pĕn'təgän (Canada, US)
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/ (UK)
- pĕn'təgən (UK)
- /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɒn/ (UK)
- pĕn'təgŏn (UK)
- /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- + -gon.
Meanings
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A polygon with five sides and five angles.
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, […]
1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 1.— Of the Nature of Flatland, page 3:Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon
So if Colorado is not a rectangle, what is it? Well, not a pentagon, (Greek for 5-sider), hexagon (6-sider), or a heptagon (7-sider), but a—hold on to something—hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon (697-sider).
2023 January 23 [2018 October 31], Frank Jacobs, “Colorado Is Not a Rectangle—It Has 697 Sides”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2023:
- A fort with five bastions.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pentagons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
triangle · quadrilateral · heptagon · nonagon · decagon · hexagon · polygon · octagon
Deriveds
pentagonal · pentagonoid · pentagonous
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Translations (90)
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and five angles) · fy fiifhoek (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nv ashdlaʼgo bízniikʼą́ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · fur pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ta ஐங்கோணம் (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · cmn 五边形 (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · zu unxanhlanu class 1a/2a (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ar مُخَمَّس (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · stq Fieuwkaant (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · hi पंचकोण (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · kk бесбұрыш (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nv ashdlaʼgóó adeezʼá (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ms segi lima (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · pt pentágono (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · tl limsiha (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · lb Fënnefeck (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · eo kvinlatero (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · io pentagono (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · lv piecstūris (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · gl pentágono (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · bo གཞོགས་ལྡ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · it pentagono (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · gd còig-cheàrnach (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · de Pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · pl pięciokąt (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nn pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · vi ngũ giác (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · hsb pjećróžk (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · el πεντάγωνο (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sv pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · kn ಪಂಚಕೋಣ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ko 오각형 (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · uk п'ятику́тник (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · eo kvinangulo (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ru пятиуго́льник (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · cs pětiúhelník (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · bg петоъгъ́лник (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nn femkant (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ast pentágonu (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sh petougaonik (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · frs fiifkâant (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sw pentagoni (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · grc πεντάγωνον (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ga peinteagán (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · hy հնգանկյուն (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · mi taparima (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · id segi lima (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · gu પંચકોણ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · km បញ្ចកោណ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · th ห้าเหลี่ยม (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sc pentàgonu (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sh peterokut (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nl vijfhoek (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · af vyfhoek (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · sh петоугаоник (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · fr pentagone (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · fi viisikulmio (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ms pancakona (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · cy pumongl (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · hu ötszög (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · my ပဉ္စဂံ (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · es pentágono (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · af pentagoon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · tr beşgen (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · nb femkant (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · et pentagoon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ka ხუთკუთხედი (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · hsb pjećiróžk (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · be пяціку́тнік (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · dsb pěśirožk (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · is fimmhyrningur (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · cmn 五角形 (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · kum беш мююшлюк (a polygon with five sides and five angles) · ja 五角形 (a polygon with five sides and five angles)