Etymology
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From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron). Equivalent to dodeca- + -hedron.
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdəʊ.dɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/, /ˌdəʊ.dɪk.əˈhiː.dɹən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌdoʊ.dɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/, /doʊˌdɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/
dodecahedron (plural dodecahedra or dodecahedrons)
- (geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
- 1707, Thomas Blount, Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words, D. Brown, heading DO–DO,
- Dodecahedron, (Gr.) in Geometry, is a solid Figure of 12 Sides or Faces that are regular Pentagons, it is one of the Platonick or Regular Bodies.
- Synonym: duodecahedron
Derived terms
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Translations
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a polyhedron with 12 faces
- Armenian: տասներկուանիստ (tasnerkuanist)
- Azerbaijani: dodekaedr
- Catalan: dodecàedre (ca), dodecaedre (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 正十二面體/正十二面体 (zh) (zhèngshí'èr miàntǐ)
- Czech: dvanáctistěn (cs) m, dodekaedr (cs) m
- Danish: dodekaeder n
- Dutch: dodecaëder (nl) m, regelmatig twaalfvlak n
- Esperanto: dekduedro
- Estonian: korrapärane dodekaeeder
- Finnish: dodekaedri (fi), kaksitoistatahokas
- French: dodécaèdre (fr) m
- Galician: dodecaedro (gl) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Dodekaeder (de) m, Zwölfflächner m
- Haitian Creole: dodekayèd
- Hebrew: תֲּריֹסִרון (he) (t'resárón) דּוֹדֶקָהֶדְרוֹן
- Hungarian: dodekaéder (hu)
- Icelandic: tólfflötungur m
- Ido: dodekaedro (io)
- Indonesian: dodekahedron (id), bangun bersisi dua belas
- Irish: dóideacaihéadrán m
- Italian: dodecaedro (it) m
- Japanese: 正十二面体 (せいじゅうにめんたい, seijūni mentai), 十二面体 (jūnimentai)
- Korean: 십이면체 (sibimyeonche)
- Latvian: dodekaedrs m
- Lithuanian: dodekaedras m
- Malay: segi dua puluh, dodekahedron
- Norwegian: dodekaeder (no) n
- Occitan: dodécaèdre m
- Polish: dwunastościan foremny m
- Portuguese: dodecaedro (pt) m
- Quechua: chunka iskayniyuq uya
- Russian: додека́эдр (ru) m (dodekáedr), двенадцатигранник (ru) m (dvenadcatigrannik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: до̀декае̄дар m,
- Roman: dòdekaēdar (sh) m
- Spanish: dodecaedro (es) m
- Swedish: dodekaeder (sv) c
- Tamil: பன்னிரண்டுமுக ஐங்கோணகம் (paṉṉiraṇṭumuka aiṅkōṇakam)
- Thai: ทรงสิบสองหน้า (song sìp sŏng nâa)
- Turkish: dodekahedron
- Ukrainian: додека́едр m (dodekáedr), дванадцятигра́нник m (dvanadcjatyhránnyk)
- Vietnamese: khối mười hai mặt
- Welsh: dodecahedron
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