Pentagon

Pen′ta-gon

,

Noun.

[Gr.

πεντάγωνον

;

πεντα-

(see

Penta-

) +

γωνία

angle: cf. L.

pentagonium

, F.

pentagone

.]

(Geom.)

A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.

Regular pentagon

,

a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal.

Pentagon

PEN'TAGON

,

Noun.

[Gr. five, and a corner.]

1.

In geometry, a figure of five sides and five angles.

2.

In fortification, a fort with five bastions.

Pentagon

See also: pentagon and pentàgon

English

Proper noun

Pentagon

the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense.

Translations

the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense

Armenian: Պենտագոն ‎(Pentagon)
Catalan: Pentàgon m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 五角大楼 (zh)
Dutch: Pentagon (nl) n
Finnish: Pentagon
French: Pentagone (fr) m
German: Pentagon (de) n

Hebrew: פנטגון m ‎(pentagón)
Japanese: 五稜堡 (ごりょうほ goryôho), ペンタゴン Pentagon
Polish: Pentagon (pl) m
Portuguese: Pentágono (pt) m
Russian: Пентагон (ru) ‎(Pentagon)
Spanish: Pentágono m
Swedish: Pentagon c

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/

Noun

Pentagon n ‎(genitive Pentagons, no plural)

the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛntaˈɡoːn/

Noun

Pentagon n

pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)

Synonyms

Fünfeck

Romanian

Etymology

Latin pentagonus

Noun

Pentagon n (USA)

Pentagon

pentagon

See also: Pentagon and pentàgon

English

A regular pentagon

Noun

pentagon ‎(plural pentagons)

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

Translations

A polygon with five sides and five angles

Afrikaans: pentagoon, vyfhoek
Asturian: pentágonu m
Bengali: পঞ্চভুজ ‎(pôñcbhuj)
Catalan: pentàgon (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 五角形 (zh) ‎(wǔjiǎoxíng)
Czech: pětiúhelník (cs) m
Danish: pentagon (da) c, femkant (da) c
Dutch: vijfhoek (nl) m
Esperanto: kvinlatero
Finnish: viisikulmio (fi), pentagoni (fi)
French: pentagone (fr) m
Galician: pentágono (gl) m
German: Fünfeck (de) n, Pentagon (de) n
Hebrew: מחומש \ מְחֻמָּשׁ m ‎(mekhumásh)
Hindi: पंचकोण (hi) m ‎(pan̄cakōṇa)
Hungarian: ötszög (hu)
Icelandic: fimmhyrningur m

Ido: pentagono (io)
Irish: peinteagán
Italian: pentagono (it) m
Japanese: 五角形 ‎(gokakukei)
Latvian: piecstūris v.
Luxembourgish: Fënnefeck m
Malay: pancakona, segi lima
Maori: taparima
Navajo: ashdlaʼgo bízniikʼą́, ashdlaʼgóó adeezʼá
Polish: pięciokąt (pl) m
Portuguese: pentágono (pt) m
Russian: пятиуго́льник (ru) m ‎(pjatiugólʹnik)
Spanish: pentágono (es) m
Swedish: pentagon (sv) c
Tagalog: limsiha
Tamil: ஐங்கோணம் (ta) ‎(aiṅkōṇam)
Turkish: beşgen (tr)
Welsh: pumongl m

Derived terms

pentagonal

Danish

Noun

pentagon c (singular definite pentagonen, plural indefinite pentagoner)

pentagon

Declension

Inflection of pentagon

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

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Webster 1913 Edition

Pentagon

Pen′ta-gon

Webster 1828 Edition

Pentagon

PEN'TAGON

Definition 2024

Pentagon

Pentagon

English

Proper noun

Translations

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

pentagon

pentagon

English

Noun

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Danish

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

References

Etymology

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