noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdaɪɡən/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdaɪˌɡɒn/
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General-American:/ˈdaɪɡən/
General-American:/ˈdaɪˌɡɑn/
rhymes with -aɪɡən
rhymes with -aɪɡɒn
1
noun
Meaning 1
A polygon having two edges and two vertices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biangle, bigon, diangle
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A pair of parallel undirected edges in a multigraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A pair of antiparallel edges in a directed graph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From di- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -gon (suffix forming the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque:
digono
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Belarusian:
двухвугольнік
(dvuxvuhólʹnik)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Bengali:
দ্বিভুজ
(dibhuj)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Chinese Mandarin:
二角形
(èrjiǎoxíng)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Czech:
dvojúhelník
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Dutch:
tweehoek
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
East Frisian Low German:
tweikâant
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Esperanto:
dulatero
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Finnish:
kaksikulmio
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
French:
digone
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
German:
Kugelzweieck
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
German:
sphärisches Zweieck
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
German:
Zweieck
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
German:
Kugelzweiseit
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
German:
Zwickel
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Hindi:
डाइगोन
(ḍāigon)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Hungarian:
kétszög
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Icelandic:
tvíhyrningur
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Interlingua:
fuso
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Japanese:
二角形
(nikakukata)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Korean:
이각형
(igakhyeong)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Central Kurdish:
دوولا
(dûla)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Lao:
ຮູບສອງແຈ
(hūp sǭng chǣ)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Macedonian:
двоаголник
(dvoagolnik)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Norwegian Bokmål:
sfærisk tokant
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Polish:
dwukąt
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Russian:
двуугольник
(dvuugolʹnik)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Slovene:
dvókótnik
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Spanish:
dígono
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Thai:
รูปสองเหลี่ยม
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Ukrainian:
дигон
(dyhon)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
Ukrainian:
двокутник
(dvokutnyk)
— polygon having two edges and two vertices
