different between pentagon vs quintet

English

Etymology

From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentag?num, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pentág?non), noun use of the neuter of the adjective ?????????? (pentág?nos, “five-angled”), from ????? (pénte, “five”) + -????? (-g?nos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- +? -gon.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) enPR: p?n't?g?n, IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?.??n/
• (UK) enPR: p?n't?g?n, IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?.??n/
• Hyphenation: pen?ta?gon

Noun

pentagon (plural pentagons)

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

Derived terms

• pentagonal

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on pentagons
• pentagram
• quinquangle

Anagrams

• pantogen

Danish

Noun

pentagon c (singular definite pentagonen, plural indefinite pentagoner)

1. pentagon

Declension

Synonyms

• femkant

Related terms

• pentagonal

References

• “pentagon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From penta- +? -gon

Noun

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

1. (geometry) a pentagon

Synonyms

• femkant

References

• “pentagon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pentagon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From penta- +? -gon

Noun

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

1. (geometry) a pentagon

Synonyms

• femkant

References

• “pentagon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French pentagone, from Latin pentagonus.

Noun

pentagon n (plural pentagoane)

1. Pentagon

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• quintette

Etymology

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to qu?nque (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?n?t?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

quintet (plural quintets)

1. (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
2. (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
3. Any group of five members

Synonyms

• (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet

Translations

See also

• duo
• trio or triplet
• quartet
• sextet
• septet
• octet
• nonet
• chamber ensemble
• chamber orchestra