polygone

See also: Polygone

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin polygōnum, from Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ɡɔn/, /pɔ.li.ɡon/

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Noun

polygone m (plural polygones)

1. polygon

Hyponyms

• chiliogone (“chiliagon”)
• décagone (“decagon”)
• digone (“digon”)
• dodécagone (“dodecagon”)
• ennéadécagone (“enneadecagon”)
• ennéagone (“enneagon”)
• hectogone (“hectogon”)
• hendécagone (“hendecagon”)
• heptadécagone (“heptadecagon”)
• heptagone (“heptagon”)
• hexadécagone (“hexadecagon”)
• hexagone (“hexagon”)
• icosagone (“icosagon”)
• myriagone (“myriagon”)
• octadécagone (“octadecagon”)
• octogone (“octagon”)
• pentadécagone (“pentadecagon”)
• pentagone (“pentagon”)
• quadrilatère (“quadrilateral”)
• tétracontagone (“tetracontagon”)
• tétradécagone (“tetradecagon”)
• triacontagone (“triacontagon”)
• triangle (“triangle”)
• tridécagone (“tridecagon”)

Descendants

• → Romanian: poligon

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

polygone

1. vocative singular of polygonos