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dodecagon

noun · 2 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.

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  • UK: /ˌdəʊ.dɛk.ə.ɡən/
  • US: /ˌdoʊˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a twelve-sided polygon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polygon, polygonal shape

History

Etymology

From dodeca- + -gon.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տասներկուանկյուն (tasnerkuankyun) — geometry
  • Belarusian: дванаццацікутнік (dvanaccacikutnik) — geometry
  • Bulgarian: дванадесетоъгълник (dvanadesetoǎgǎlnik) — geometry
  • Catalan: dodecàgon — geometry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十二邊形 /十二边形 (shí'èr biānxíng) — geometry
  • Czech: dvanáctiúhelník — geometry
  • Dutch: twaalfhoek — geometry
  • East Frisian Low German: twalfkâant — geometry
  • Esperanto: dekdulatero — geometry
  • Finnish: kaksitoistakulmio — geometry
  • Finnish: 12-kulmio — geometry
  • French: dodécagone — geometry
  • North Frisian: Twelevhuk — geometry
  • Saterland Frisian: Twelichkaant — geometry
  • West-Frisian: tolvehoek — geometry
  • West-Frisian: tolfhoek — geometry
  • Galician: dodecágono — geometry
  • Georgian: დოდეკაგონი (dodeḳagoni) — geometry
  • Georgian: თორმეტკუთხედი (tormeṭḳutxedi) — geometry
  • German: Dodekagon — geometry
  • German: Zwölfeck — geometry
  • Greek: δωδεκάγωνο (dodekágono) — geometry
  • Hungarian: tizenkétszög — geometry
  • Icelandic: tólfhyrningur — geometry
  • Ido: dodekagono — geometry
  • Irish: dóideacagán — geometry
  • Italian: dodecagono — geometry
  • Japanese: 十二角形 (jūnikakukei) — geometry
  • Korean: 십이각형 (sibigakhyeong) — geometry
  • Macedonian: дванаесетаголник (dvanaesetagolnik) — geometry
  • Malay: segi dua belas — geometry
  • Malay: dodekagon — geometry
  • Polish: dwunastokąt — geometry
  • Portuguese: dodecágono — geometry
  • Romanian: dodecagon — geometry
  • Russian: двенадцатиугольник (dvenadcatiugolʹnik) — geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: дванаестоугао — geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvanaestougao — geometry
  • Slovene: dvanajstkotnik — geometry
  • Spanish: dodecágono — geometry
  • Swedish: dodekagon — geometry
  • Thai: รูปสิบสองเหลี่ยม — geometry
  • Turkish: onikigen — geometry
  • Ukrainian: дванадцятикутник (dvanadcjatykutnyk) — geometry