octagon

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Etymology

An octagon

First attested in 1656, from Latin octagonos, from Ancient Greek οκτάγωνος (oktágōnos, “eight-angled”), from ὀκτώ (octō, “eight”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). The adjective octagonal was first mentioned from 1571.

Noun

octagon (plural octagons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
2. (martial arts, usually capitalized) The arena for mixed martial arts, particularly as trademarked by the UFC.

Translations

polygon with eight sides and eight angles

• Bengali: অষ্টভুজ (bn)
• Bulgarian: осмоъгълник (bg) (osmoăgălnik) m
• Catalan: octàgon (ca) m
• Czech: osmiúhelník (cs) m
• Dutch: achthoek (nl) m
• Esperanto: oklatero (eo), okangulo (eo)
• Finnish: kahdeksankulmio (fi)
• French: octogone (fr) m
• German: Achteck (de) n, Oktagon (de) n
• Hebrew: מתומן (he) (metumán) m
• Hungarian: nyolcszög (hu)
• Icelandic: átthyrningur (is) m
• Ido: oktogono (io)
• Italian: ottagono (it) m

• Japanese: 八角形 (ja) (はっかくけい, hakkakukei)
• Malay: astakona (ms)
• Polish: ośmiokąt (pl) m
• Portuguese: octógono (pt) m
• Russian: восьмиугольник (ru) (vos'miugol'nik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ochd-shliosach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: осмоугао (sh) (osmougao) m
• Slovak: osemuholník (sk) m
• Spanish: octágono (es) m
• Swedish: oktagon (sv), åttahörning (sv) c
• Tamil: எண்கோணம் (ta) (eɳgôɳam)
• Turkish: sekizgen (tr)
• Welsh: wythongl (cy) f

Related terms

• octagonal