octaedro

Galician

Noun

octaedro m (plural octaedros)

1. (geometry) octahedron

Related terms

• octógono

Latin

Noun

octaedrō

1. dative/ablative singular of octaedros

Portuguese

octaedro

Alternative forms

• octahedro (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin octaedros, from Ancient Greek ὀκτάεδρος (oktáedros), from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). By surface analysis, octa- +‎ -edro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.taˈɛ.dɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.taˈɛ.dɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.taˈɛ.dɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ktɐˈɛ.dɾu/ [ɔ.ktɐˈɛ.ðɾu]

• Hyphenation: oc‧ta‧e‧dro

Noun

octaedro m (plural octaedros)

1. octahedron (a polyhedron with eight faces)

Hypernyms

• poliedro

Spanish

Noun

octaedro m (plural octaedros)

1. (geometry) octahedron

Further reading

• “octaedro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014