pentagon
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Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (US, Canada) enPR: pĕn'təgän, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɑn/
- (UK) enPR: pĕn'təgən, pĕn'təgŏn, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/, /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɒn/
- Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gon
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Noun edit
pentagon (plural pentagons)
- (geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.
- 1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 1.— Of the Nature of Flatland, page 3:
- 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, […]
- (military) A fort with five bastions.
Synonyms edit
- (geometry): quinquangle
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Translations edit
a polygon with five sides and five angles
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Danish edit
Noun edit
pentagon c (singular definite pentagonen, plural indefinite pentagoner)
Declension edit
Declension of pentagon
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pentagon | pentagonen | pentagoner | pentagonerne |
genitive | pentagons | pentagonens | pentagoners | pentagonernes |
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Friulian edit
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Noun edit
pentagon m (plural pentagons)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pentagon m (definite singular pentagonen, indefinite plural pentagoner, definite plural pentagonene)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “pentagon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “pentagon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pentagon m (definite singular pentagonen, indefinite plural pentagonar, definite plural pentagonane)
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References edit
- “pentagon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pentagone, from Latin pentagonus.
Noun edit
pentagon n (plural pentagoane)
Declension edit
Declension of pentagon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pentagon | pentagonul | (niște) pentagoane | pentagoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pentagon | pentagonului | (unor) pentagoane | pentagoanelor |
vocative | pentagonule | pentagoanelor |
Further reading edit
- pentagon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)