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English

Etymology

From Middle English pentangel. By surface analysis, pent- +? angle.

Noun

pentangle (plural pentangles)

1. A pentagram.
2. (rare) A pentagon.

English

Etymology

From Middle French pentacle, from Old French pentacol, from pent (“hangs”), a (“from”), and col (“neck”), thus "hangs from neck".

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pen?ta?cle
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?nt.?.kl?/

Noun

pentacle (plural pentacles)

1. A flat talisman, almost always disk-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
2. (Wicca) A pentagram, or a disk with a pentagram on it, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
3. (Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.
4. A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star.

Synonyms

• pentagram, pentalpha

Antonyms

• inverted pentagram

Meronyms

• pentagram, pentalpha

Translations

See also

• pentacle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

pentacle m (plural pentacles)

1. pentacle

Further reading

• “pentacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1547, from Old French pentacol.

Noun

pentacle m (plural pentacles)

1. pentacle (a talisman of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation)