pentagram
See also: Pentagram
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- pentagramme (rare, archaic)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + gram.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: pĕnʹ-tə-grăm, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɹæm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram
- Rhymes: -ɛntəɡɹæm
Noun edit
pentagram (plural pentagrams)
- The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
- 1871, W. J. C. Miller, editor, Mathematical Questions and Solutions, volume XV, page 47:
- Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
- 2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah[1], page 345:
- The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.
- 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry[2], page 59:
- Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.
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- (star shape): hexagram (6-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed)
Translations edit
shape of five-pointed star
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Czech edit
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Noun edit
pentagram m inan
Declension edit
Declension of pentagram (hard masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pentagram | pentagramy |
genitive | pentagramu | pentagramů |
dative | pentagramu | pentagramům |
accusative | pentagram | pentagramy |
vocative | pentagrame | pentagramy |
locative | pentagramu | pentagramech |
instrumental | pentagramem | pentagramy |
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Danish edit
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Noun edit
pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)
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Declension of pentagram
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pentagram | pentagrammet | pentagrammer | pentagrammerne |
genitive | pentagrams | pentagrammets | pentagrammers | pentagrammernes |
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- drudefod c
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pentagram n (plural pentagrammen, diminutive pentagrammetje n)
References edit
- “pentagram” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Friulian edit
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pentagram m (plural pentagrams)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pentagram m inan
Declension edit
Declension of pentagram
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pentagram | pentagramy |
genitive | pentagramu | pentagramów |
dative | pentagramowi | pentagramom |
accusative | pentagram | pentagramy |
instrumental | pentagramem | pentagramami |
locative | pentagramie | pentagramach |
vocative | pentagramie | pentagramy |
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adjective
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Slovak edit
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pentagram m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “pentagram”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
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pentagram m inan
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “pentagram”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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pentagram n
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Declension of pentagram | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pentagram | pentagrammet | pentagram | pentagrammen |
Genitive | pentagrams | pentagrammets | pentagrams | pentagrammens |