polygonal

English

Etymology

polygon +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡənəl/

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Adjective

polygonal (not comparable)

1. Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
   • 1851, Frederick Overman, “Blast Pipes”, in The Manufacture of Iron, in All its Various Branches. […] , 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, page 413:

     Various forms of conductors have been invented, such as wooden and iron pipes, of a round, square, and polygonal section; but at present, scarcely any other than sheet or cast iron pipes are employed.

2. Comprised of polygons.
   • 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, page 154:

     The old path paved with polygonal masonry.

Derived terms

• polygonal fort
• polygonal mesh
• polygonal numbers

 

Translations

having many angles

• Arabic: مُضَلَّع (muḍallaʕ)
• Bengali: বহুভুজাকৃতি (bohubhujakriti)
• Bulgarian: многоъгълен m (mnogoǎgǎlen)
• Catalan: poligonal
• Czech: mnohoúhelníkový
• Dutch: veelhoekig
• Esperanto: plurangula, plurlatera, multangula
• Finnish: monikulmio- (fi), polygonaalinen
• French: polygonal (fr)
• Georgian: მრავალკუთხა (mravalḳutxa)
• German: mehreckig, vieleckig (de)
• Greek: πολύγωνος (el) m (polýgonos), πολυγωνικός (el) m (polygonikós)

  Ancient: πολύγωνος (polúgōnos)

• Hungarian: poligonális (hu), sokszög (hu)
• Irish: polagánach
• Italian: poligonale (it)
• Manx: yl-lhiatteeagh
• Polish: wielokątny (pl), wieloboczny
• Portuguese: poligonal
• Russian: многоуго́льный (ru) (mnogougólʹnyj)
• Slovak: mnohouholníkový
• Spanish: poligonal (es)
• Swedish: månghörnig

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ɡɔ.nal/

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Adjective

polygonal (feminine polygonale, masculine plural polygonaux, feminine plural polygonales)

1. polygonal

Further reading

• “polygonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poliɡoˈnaːl]

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• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧go‧nal

Adjective

polygonal (strong nominative masculine singular polygonaler, not comparable)

1. (geometry) polygonal

Declension

Positive forms of polygonal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist polygonal	sie ist polygonal	es ist polygonal	sie sind polygonal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	polygonaler	polygonale	polygonales	polygonale
	genitive	polygonalen	polygonaler	polygonalen	polygonaler
	dative	polygonalem	polygonaler	polygonalem	polygonalen
	accusative	polygonalen	polygonale	polygonales	polygonale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der polygonale	die polygonale	das polygonale	die polygonalen
	genitive	des polygonalen	der polygonalen	des polygonalen	der polygonalen
	dative	dem polygonalen	der polygonalen	dem polygonalen	den polygonalen
	accusative	den polygonalen	die polygonale	das polygonale	die polygonalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein polygonaler	eine polygonale	ein polygonales	(keine) polygonalen
	genitive	eines polygonalen	einer polygonalen	eines polygonalen	(keiner) polygonalen
	dative	einem polygonalen	einer polygonalen	einem polygonalen	(keinen) polygonalen
	accusative	einen polygonalen	eine polygonale	ein polygonales	(keine) polygonalen

Further reading

• “polygonal” in Duden online
• “polygonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache