pentagon

See also: Pentagon and pentàgon

English
A regular pentagon

Etymology

From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation
  • (US, Canada) enPR: pĕn'təgän, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɑn/
  • (UK) enPR: pĕn'təgən, pĕn'təgŏn, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/, /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɒn/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gon
  • Audio (CA)(file)

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

Declension
Declension of pentagon
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pentagon pentagonen pentagoner pentagonerne
genitive pentagons pentagonens pentagoners pentagonernes

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Friulian

Noun

pentagon m (plural pentagons)

  1. pentagon

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Etymology

From penta- +‎ -gon.

Noun

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

  1. (geometry) a pentagon

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Romanian

Etymology

From French pentagone, from Latin pentagonus.

Noun

pentagon n (plural pentagoane)

  1. Pentagon

Declension
Declension of pentagon
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pentagon pentagonul (niște) pentagoane pentagoanele
genitive/dative (unui) pentagon pentagonului (unor) pentagoane pentagoanelor
vocative pentagonule pentagoanelor

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