hexagon

See also: Hexagon, hexàgon, and hexagón

English

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hexagon

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon).^[1] By surface analysis, hexa- +‎ -gon.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: hĕk'səgən, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/
(US) enPR: hĕk'səgŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɑn/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Hyphenation: hex‧a‧gon

Noun

hexagon (plural hexagons)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

A polygon with six sides and six angles

Afrikaans: heksagoon, seshoek (af)
Albanian: gjashtëkëndësh (sq) m
Arabic: مُسَدَّس (musaddas)
Armenian: վեցանկյուն (hy) (vecʻankyun)
Asturian: hexágonu m
Bengali: ষড়ভুজ (bn) (śoṛobhuj)
Bulgarian: шестоъгълник (bg) m (šestoǎgǎlnik)
Burmese: ဆက္ကဂံ (my) (hcakka.gam), ဆဋ္ဌဂံ (my) (hcathta.gam)
Catalan: hexàgon (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 六邊形／六边形 (zh) (liùbiānxíng), 六角形 (zh) (liùjiǎoxíng)
Czech: šestiúhelník (cs) m
Danish: sekskant c
Dutch: zeshoek (nl) m
Esperanto: seslatero, heksagono, sesangulo
Faroese: sekshyrningur m
Finnish: kuusikulmio (fi), heksagoni (fi)
French: hexagone (fr) m
Friulian: esagon m
Galician: hexágono (gl) m
Georgian: ექვსკუთხედი (ekvsḳutxedi)
German: Sechseck (de) n, 6-Eck n, Hexagon (de) n
Greek: εξάγωνο (el) m (exágono)
Ancient: ἑξάγωνον n (hexágōnon)
Gujarati: ષટ્કોણ (gu) (ṣaṭkoṇ)
Hebrew: מְשׁוּשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
Hindi: षट्कोण (hi) m (ṣaṭkoṇ)
Hungarian: hatszög (hu)
Icelandic: sexhyrningur m
Ido: hexagono (io)
Indonesian: segi enam
Irish: heicseagán m
Italian: esagono (it) m
Japanese: 六角形 (ja) (ろっかくけい, rokkakukei)
Kannada: ಷಟ್ಕೋನ (kn) (ṣaṭkōna)
Khmer: ឆកោណ (km) (chɑkaon)
Korean: 육각형 (ko) (yukgakhyeong)
Kumyk: алты мююшлюк (altı müyuşlük)
Lao: ຫົກແຈ (hok chǣ), ຫົກຫຼ່ຽມ (hok līam)
Latin: hexagōnum n
Latvian: sešstūris m
Lithuanian: šešiakampis m
Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: шеста́голник m (šestágolnik)
Malay:
Rumi: heksagon (ms)
Malayalam: ഷഡ്ഭുജം (ml) (ṣaḍbhujaṁ)
Maori: tapaono
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: hastą́ągo bízniikʼą́, hastą́ą́góó adeezʼá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heksagon m, sekskant m

Nynorsk: heksagon m, sekskant m
Odia: ଛକୋଣି (or) (chakoṇi)
Persian: شش‌گوشه (šeš-guše), مسدس (fa)
Polish: sześciokąt (pl) m
Portuguese: hexágono (pt) m
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Russian: шестиугольник (ru) m (šestiugolʹnik)
Serbo-Croatian: šesterokut (sh)
Shan: ႁူၵ်းၸဵင်ႇ (húuk tsàeng)
Slovak: šesťuholník m
Slovene: šestkotnik m, šesterokotnik m
Southern Altai: алты толук (altï toluk)
Spanish: hexágono (es) m
Swedish: hexagon (sv) c, sexhörning (sv) c
Tagalog: eksagono, nimsiha, animang-gilid
Tamil: அறுகோணம் (ta) (aṟukōṇam)
Telugu: షడ్భుజి (te) (ṣaḍbhuji)
Thai: หกเหลี่ยม (th) (hòk-lìiam)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: altıgen (tr), müseddes (tr)
Ukrainian: шестику́тник m (šestykútnyk)
Uzbek: musaddas (uz)
Vietnamese: lục giác (vi), hình sáu cạnh
Welsh: chweongl m, hecsagon m
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: unxasithupha class 1a/2a

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hexagon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hexagone.

Noun

hexagon n (plural hexagoane)

hexagon

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	hexagon	hexagonul	hexagoane	hexagoanele
genitive-dative	hexagon	hexagonului	hexagoane	hexagoanelor
vocative	hexagonule		hexagoanelor

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hexagon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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