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English

Alternative forms

• pentagramme (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives ???????????? (pentágrammos) and ???????????? (pentégrammos, “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; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
   • 1871, W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions, Volume XV, page 47,

     Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.

Synonyms

• pentacle
• pentalpha
• pentangle

Holonyms

• pentacle

Related terms

• pentagon
• hexagon
• hexagram

Translations

Danish

Noun

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)

1. pentagram

Declension

Synonyms

• drudefod c

Swedish

Noun

pentagram n

1. pentagram

Declension

Anagrams

• matpengar

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