pentagon

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See also: Pentagon and pentàgon

English

A regular pentagon

Etymology

From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagonum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, five-angled), from πέντε (pénte, five) + -γωνος (-gōnos, angled).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gon
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Noun

pentagon (plural pentagons)

  1. (geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.
  2. A fort with five bastions.

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Danish

Noun

pentagon c (singular definite pentagonen, plural indefinite pentagoner)

  1. pentagon

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From penta- +‎ -gon

Noun

pentagon m (definite singular pentagonen, indefinite plural pentagoner, definite plural pentagonene)

  1. (geometry) a pentagon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From penta- +‎ -gon

Noun

pentagon m (definite singular pentagonen, indefinite plural pentagonar, definite plural pentagonane)

  1. (geometry) a pentagon

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