-gon
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Suffix
-gon
- (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
- A pentagon has five sides.
- a 17-gon
Derived terms
Translations
plane figure
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).
Suffix
-gon m
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-gon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “-gon”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “-gon” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Ojibwe
Suffix
-gon
- day
- ingodwaasogon — six days
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Geometry
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan masculine suffixes
- ca:Geometry
- Ojibwe lemmas
- Ojibwe suffixes