polygon

See also: Polygon and polygón

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪɡən/, /ˈpɒliːˌɡɒn/
• (US) enPR: pälʹē-gän, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑliˌɡɑn/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: pol‧y‧gon
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪɡən, -ɒliːɡɒn

Noun

polygon (plural polygons)

Polygons (sense 1)

1. (geometry) A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
2. (geometry) The boundary of such a figure.
3. (geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.
4. (geometry) Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Meronyms

• See Thesaurus:polygon

Derived terms

• cumulative frequency polygon
• frequency polygon
• funicular polygon
• interpolygon
• love polygon
• micropolygon
• Moufang polygon
• multipolygon
• polyfill
• polygonar
• polygonate
• polygonation
• polygon-circle graph
• polygonization
• polygonize
• polygon mesh
• polygon of forces
• polygonometry
• polygonoscope
• polygonous
• polygon soup
• regular polygon
• Reuleaux polygon
• spheropolygon
• star polygon
• subpolygon

Related terms

• polygonal
• polygonality
• polygonhood
• polygonness

Translations

plane figure bounded by straight edges

• Afrikaans: poligoon
• Albanian: shumëkëndësh (sq)
• Arabic: مُضَلَّع m (muḍallaʕ)
• Aragonese: poligono m
• Armenian: բազմանկյուն (hy) (bazmankyun)
• Asturian: polígonu m
• Azerbaijani: çoxbucaqlı
• Basque: poligono
• Bengali: বহুভুজ (bn) (bohubhuj)
• Bulgarian: многоъгълник m (mnogoǎgǎlnik)
• Burmese: ဗဟုဂံ (my) (ba.hu.gam)
• Catalan: polígon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多邊形 / 多边形 (zh) (do1 bin1 jing4)

  Hakka: 多邊形 / 多边形 (tô-piên-hìn)

  Mandarin: 多邊形 / 多边形 (zh) (duōbiānxíng), 多角形 (zh) (duōjiǎoxíng)

• Chuvash: нумай кӗтеслӗх (numaj k̬ĕt̬eslĕh)
• Corsican: poligonu, puligonu m
• Czech: mnohoúhelník (cs) m, polygon (cs) m
• Danish: polygon (da)
• Dutch: veelhoek (nl) m, polygoon (nl) m
• Esperanto: plurangulo, plurlatero, poligono, multangulo
• Estonian: hulknurk (et)
• Faroese: marghyrningur m
• Finnish: monikulmio (fi), polygoni (fi)
• French: polygone (fr) m
• Friulian: poligon, poligonâl
• Galician: polígono (gl)
• Georgian: პენტაკონტაგონი (ṗenṭaḳonṭagoni), მრავალკუთხედი (mravalḳutxedi)
• German: Vieleck (de) n, Polygon (de) n
• Greek: πολύγωνο (el) n (polýgono)

  Ancient: πολύγωνον n (polúgōnon)

• Guaraní: apyeta
• Gujarati: બહુભુજ (bahubhuj)
• Haitian Creole: poligòn
• Hebrew: מצולע (he) m (metsulá), פוליגון (he) m (poligón)
• Hindi: बहुभुज (bahubhuj)
• Hungarian: poligon (hu), sokszög (hu)
• Icelandic: marghyrningur m
• Ido: poligono (io)
• Indonesian: poligon (id)
• Irish: polagán m
• Italian: poligono (it) m
• Japanese: 多角形 (ja) (たかくけい, takakukei/たかっけい, takakkei)
• Kazakh: көпбұрыш (köpbūryş)
• Khmer: ពហុកោណ (km) (pea’hu’ kaon)
• Korean: 다각형(多角形) (ko) (dagakhyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pirgoşe (ku)

• Latin: polygonum n
• Latvian: daudzstūris (lv) m
• Lithuanian: daugiakampis m
• Low German: Veeleck
• Macedonian: многуа́голник (mk) m (mnoguágolnik)
• Malayalam: ബഹുഭുജം (ml) (bahubhujaṁ)
• Manx: yl-lhiatteean m
• Maori: tapamaha, taparau
• Marathi: बहुकोण (bahukoṇ)
• Moksha: [script needed] (lamuzha), [script needed] (kudnae)
• Moore: kog-kʋʋma
• Navajo: łąʼį́ bízniikʼą́
• Norwegian: polygon (no), mangekant m
• Persian: چندضلعی
• Polish: wielokąt (pl) m inan, wielobok (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: polígono (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬਹੁਭੁਜ (bahubhuj)
• Quechua: manchay chinruyuj
• Romanian: poligon (ro)
• Russian: многоуго́льник (ru) (mnogougólʹnik)
• Sanskrit: बहुकोण (bahukoṇa)
• Scottish Gaelic: poileagan
• Serbo-Croatian: mnogokut (sh) m, mnogougao m, višekut m, višeugao m, poligon (sh) m
• Slovak: mnohouholník m
• Slovene: mnogokotnik m
• Spanish: polígono (es) m
• Swahili: pembenyingi
• Swedish: polygon (sv) c, månghörning (sv) c
• Tagalog: damsiha
• Tamil: பல்கோணம் (palkōṇam)
• Tatar: nüeş
• Telugu: బహుభుజి (bahubhuji)
• Thai: รูปหลายเหลี่ยม
• Turkish: çokgen (tr)
• Ukrainian: багатоку́тник (uk) m (bahatokútnyk), многоку́тник m (mnohokútnyk)
• Urdu: کثیر الاضلاع
• Vietnamese: đa giác (vi) (多角)
• Volapük: mödalien (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿילעק (filek)

See also

• polyhedron

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɡon]

Noun

polygon m inan

1. polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges)

   Synonym: mnohoúhelník

Declension

Declension of polygon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	polygon	polygony
genitive	polygonu	polygonů
dative	polygonu	polygonům
accusative	polygon	polygony
vocative	polygone	polygony
locative	polygonu	polygonech
instrumental	polygonem	polygony

Derived terms

• polygonový

Further reading

• “polygon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “polygon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “polygon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Noun

polygon c or n (singular definite polygonet or polygonen, plural indefinite polygoner)

1. polygon
   • 1967, Hans Sørensen, Nye Verga-studier: Romanen om Vizzini:

     ... eller trekanten, rektanglet, parallelogrammet, kvadratet, ja, polygonet.

     ... or the triangle, the rectangle, the parallelogram, the square, indeed, the polygon.

   • 1799, Skrifter som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Lærdoms og Videnskabers Elskere ere fremlagte og oplæste : i aarene .., page 512:

     Altsaa er ogsaa idette Fald Polygonet ubestemt.

     Thus, in this case, too, the polygon is indefinite.

Declension

Declension of polygon

either gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	polygon	polygonet polygonen	polygoner	polygonerne
genitive	polygons	polygonets polygonens	polygoners	polygonernes

References

• “polygon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Noun

polygon c

1. polygon

Declension

Declension of polygon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polygon	polygons
	definite	polygonen	polygonens
plural	indefinite	polygoner	polygoners
	definite	polygonerna	polygonernas

See also

• femkant
• fyrhörning
• fyrkant
• hexagon
• kvadrat
• månghörning
• rektangel
• sexkant
• trekant
• triangel