heptagon

See also: heptàgon

English

A regular heptagon

Etymology

Since 16th century, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to hepta- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: hĕp'təgŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡɒn/
• (UK) enPR: hĕp'təgən, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

heptagon (plural heptagons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.

Synonyms

• 7-gon
• septagon (proscribed)

Derived terms

• heptagonal
• heptagonally

Translations

polygon with seven sides and seven angles

• Afrikaans: heptagoon, sewehoek (af)
• Arabic: مُسَبَّع m (musabbaʕ)
• Asturian: heptágonu m
• Bengali: সপ্তভুজ (śoptobhuj)
• Bulgarian: седмоъгълник m (sedmoǎgǎlnik)
• Burmese: သတ္တဂံ (satta.gam)
• Catalan: heptàgon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七角形 (zh) (qījiǎoxíng)

• Czech: sedmiúhelník (cs) m
• Danish: syvkant c
• Dutch: zevenhoek (nl) m, heptagoon m
• Esperanto: seplatero, sepangulo, heptagono
• Finnish: seitsenkulmio
• French: heptagone (fr) m

  Old French: septangle

• Friulian: etagon m
• Galician: heptágono (gl) m
• Georgian: შვიდკუთხედი (švidḳutxedi)
• German: Siebeneck (de) n, Heptagon (de) n
• Greek: επτάγωνο (el) n (eptágono), εφτάγωνο n (eftágono)

  Ancient: ἑπτάγωνον n (heptágōnon)

• Hebrew: משובע \ מְשֻׁבָּע m (meshubá)
• Hungarian: hétszög (hu)
• Icelandic: sjöhyrningur m
• Ido: heptagono (io)
• Indonesian: segi tujuh
• Italian: ettagono (it) m, eptagono m
• Japanese: 七角形 (ja) (nanakakukei)
• Korean: 칠각형 (ko) (chilgakhyeong)
• Kumyk: етти мююшлюк (yetti müyuşlük)
• Macedonian: седума́голник m (sedumágolnik)
• Persian: هفت ضلعی
• Polish: siedmiokąt (pl) m
• Portuguese: heptágono (pt) m
• Romanian: heptagon (ro) n
• Russian: семиуго́льник (ru) m (semiugólʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: seachd-shliosach m
• Serbo-Croatian: sedmougao, sedmokut
• Slovak: sedemuholník
• Slovene: sedmerokotnik m
• Southern Altai: јети толук (ǰeti toluk)
• Spanish: heptágono (es) m
• Tagalog: pitsiha
• Thai: เจ็ดเหลี่ยม (th) (jèt-lìiam)
• Turkish: yedigen (tr)
• Ukrainian: семикутник m (semykutnyk)
• Vietnamese: hình bảy cạnh
• Welsh: seithongl f

Anagrams

• pathogen, phone tag

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French heptagone.

Noun

heptagon n (plural heptagoane)

1. heptagon