-hedron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-hedron (plural -hedra or -hedrons)

1. (geometry) Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -hedron

amplituhedron

apeirohedron

associahedron

chiliahedron

cyclohedron

decahedron

deltahedron

deltohedron

dihedron

dodecahedron

duodecahedron

enneadecahedron

enneahedron

hectohedron

hemihedron

hendecahedron

heptadecahedron

heptahedron

heptakaidecahedron

hexadecahedron

hexahedron

hexakaidecahedron

hexecontahedron

holohedron

icosahedron

icosidodecahedron

icosihexahedron

icosioctahedron

icositetrahedron

monohedron

myriahedron

nestohedron

nonahedron

octadecahedron

octahedron

octakaidecahedron

orthohedron

parallelohedron

pentacontahedron

pentadecahedron

pentahedron

pentakaidecahedron

permutohedron

plesiohedron

polyhedron

pyritohedron

rhombohedron

scalenohedron

sexahedron

tetradecahedron

tetrahedron

tetrakaidecahedron

tetrakaidekahedron

trapezohedron

triacontahedron

tridecahedron

trihedron

triskaidecahedron

triskaidekahedron

undecahedron

Zocchihedron

Related terms

• -hedral

Translations

solid figure

• Catalan: -edre (ca) m
• Danish: -eder n
• Finnish: -tahokas, -edri (fi)
• French: -èdre (fr) m
• German: -eder (de)
• Hungarian: -éder
• Irish: -héadrán m
• Italian: -edro (it) m
• Korean: -면체(面體) (-myeonche)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -eder n

  Nynorsk: -eder n

• Spanish: -edro m
• Swedish: -eder (sv) c

See also

• -gon
• -choron

Anagrams

• Dohner, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn, horned