pentagram

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pentagram

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Alternative forms

• pentagramme

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentagrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentegrammos), five-lined, having five lines Equivalent to penta- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram

Noun

pentagram (plural pentagrams)

1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations.
2. (mathematics) a 5/2 star polygon

Synonyms

• pentacle
• pentalpha
• pentangle

Holonyms

• pentacle

Related terms

• pentagon
• hexagon
• hexagram

Translations

shape of five-pointed star

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五角星 (zh) (wǔjiǎoxīng)

• Danish: pentagram
• Esperanto: pentagramo
• Finnish: pentagrammi (fi), viisikanta (fi)
• French: pentagramme (fr) m

• German: Pentagramm (de)
• Icelandic: fimmstirningur m, reglulegur fimmstirningur m
• Ido: pentagramo (io)
• Italian: pentagramma (it)
• Russian: пентагра́мма (ru) f (pentagrámma)
• Swedish: pentagram (sv) n
• Turkish: pentagram (tr)

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Danish

Noun

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)

1. pentagram

Synonyms

• drudefod c

Inflection

Inflection of pentagram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pentagram	pentagrammet	pentagrammer	pentagrammerne
genitive	pentagrams	pentagrammets	pentagrammers	pentagrammernes