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-hedron

suffix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: -edre — solid figure
  • Danish: -eder — solid figure
  • Finnish: -tahokas — solid figure
  • Finnish: -edri — solid figure
  • French: -èdre — solid figure
  • German: -eder — solid figure
  • Hungarian: -éder — solid figure
  • Irish: -héadrán — solid figure
  • Italian: -edro — solid figure
  • Korean: -면체 (-myeonche) — solid figure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -eder — solid figure
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -eder — solid figure
  • Russian: -гра́нник (-gránnik) — solid figure
  • Spanish: -edro — solid figure
  • Swedish: -eder — solid figure
  • Ukrainian: -гра́нник (-hránnyk) — solid figure