hexagonal

English

Etymology

hexagon +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/

• Audio (CA):

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A hexagonal shape (cristallography)

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

   Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.

2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

Coordinate terms

• triclinic
• monoclinic
• orthorhombic
• rhombohedral
• tetragonal
• cubic

Translations

geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon

• Bengali: ষড়ভুজাকৃতি (śoṛbhujakriti)
• Bulgarian: шестоъгълен (šestoǎgǎlen)
• Catalan: hexagonal (ca)
• Dutch: zeshoekig (nl), hexagonaal (nl)
• Esperanto: sesangula, seslatera
• Finnish: kuusikulmainen (fi)
• French: hexagonal (fr)
• Georgian: ექვსკუთხა (ekvsḳutxa), ჰექსაგონალური (heksagonaluri)
• German: hexagonal (de), sechseckig (de)
• Hebrew: משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
• Hungarian: hatszögletű
• Icelandic: sexhyrndur
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• Irish: heicseagánach
• Italian: esagonale (it)
• Kazakh: алты бұрышты (alty būryşty)
• Manx: shey-lhiatteeagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sekskantet, sekskanta

  Nynorsk: sekskanta

• Portuguese: hexagonal (pt)
• Russian: шестиуго́льный (ru) (šestiugólʹnyj)
• Slovak: šesťuholníkový
• Spanish: hexagonal (es)
• Swedish: hexagonal, sexhörnig
• Tagalog: nimsihain

crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°

• Bulgarian: хексагонален (heksagonalen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六方 (zh) (liùfāng)

• Dutch: hexagonaal (nl)
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• Finnish: heksagoninen (fi)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
• Portuguese: hexagonal (pt)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} hexagonal

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Catalan

Etymology

hexàgon +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)

1. hexagonal

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French

Adjective

hexagonal (feminine hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

Further reading

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

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Galician

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

1. hexagonal

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

1. hexagonal

Further reading

• “hexagonal” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

Related terms

• hexágono

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Spanish

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

Related terms

• hexágono

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Swedish

Adjective

hexagonal

1. hexagonal

Declension

Inflection of hexagonal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hexagonal	—	—
Neuter singular	hexagonalt	—	—
Plural	hexagonala	—	—
Masculine plural3	hexagonale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hexagonale	—	—
All	hexagonala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• hexagon