-gon
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gon"
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
SuffixEdit
-gon
- (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
- A pentagon has five sides.
- a 17-gon
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
plane figure
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).
SuffixEdit
-gon m
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “-gon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “-gon” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “-gon” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-gon