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hexagon

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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: hĕk'səgən
  • UK: /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/
  • US: hĕk'səgŏn
  • US: /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɑn/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 K S AH0 G AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A polygon with six sides and six 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 six-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

Narrower terms: regular hexagon

History

Etymology

From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon). By surface analysis, hexa- + -gon. Piecewise doublet of sexagon.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: heksagoon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Afrikaans: seshoek — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Albanian: gjashtëkëndësh — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Southern Altai: алтытолык (altïtolïk) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Arabic: مُسَدَّس (musaddas) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Armenian: վեցանկյուն (vecʻankyun) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Asturian: hexágonu — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Bengali: ষড়ভুজ (śoṛobhuj) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Bulgarian: шестоъгълник (šestoǎgǎlnik) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Burmese: ဆက္ကဂံ (hcakka.gam) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Burmese: ဆဋ္ဌဂံ (hcathta.gam) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Catalan: hexàgon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六邊形 /六边形 (liùbiānxíng) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六角形 (liùjiǎoxíng) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Czech: šestiúhelník — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Danish: sekskant — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Dutch: zeshoek — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • East Frisian Low German: seskâant — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Esperanto: seslatero — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Esperanto: heksagono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Esperanto: sesangulo — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Faroese: sekshyrningur — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Finnish: kuusikulmio — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Finnish: heksagoni — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • French: hexagone — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • North Frisian: Sokshuk — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Saterland Frisian: Säkskaant — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • West-Frisian: seishoek — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Friulian: esagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Galician: hexágono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Georgian: ექვსკუთხედი (ekvsḳutxedi) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • German: Sechseck — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • German: 6-Eck — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • German: Hexagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Greek: εξάγωνο (exágono) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Ancient Greek: ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Gujarati: ષટ્કોણ (ṣaṭkoṇ) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Hebrew: מְשׁוּשֶּׁה (meshushé) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Hindi: षट्कोण (ṣaṭkoṇ) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Hungarian: hatszög — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Icelandic: sexhyrningur — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Ido: hexagono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Indonesian: segi enam — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Irish: heicseagán — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Italian: esagono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Japanese: 六角形 (rokkakukei) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Kannada: ಷಟ್ಕೋನ (ṣaṭkōna) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Kazakh: алтыбұрыш (altybūryş) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Khmer: ឆកោណ (chɑɑchɑkaon) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Korean: 육각형 (yukgakhyeong) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Kumyk: алты мююшлюк (altı müyuşlük) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Lao: ຫົກແຈ (hok chǣ) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Lao: ຫົກຫຼ່ຽມ (hok līam) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Latin: hexagōnum — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Latvian: sešstūris — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Lithuanian: šešiakampis — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Macedonian: шеста́голник (šestágolnik) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Malay: heksagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Malayalam: ഷഡ്ഭുജം (ṣaḍbhujaṁ) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Māori: tapaono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Navajo: hastą́ągo bízniikʼą́ — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Navajo: hastą́ą́góó adeezʼá — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heksagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sekskant — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heksagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sekskant — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Odia: ଛକୋଣି (chakoṇi) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Persian: ششگوشه (šeš-guše) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Persian: مسدس — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Polish: sześciokąt — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Polish: sześciobok — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Portuguese: hexágono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Punjabi: ਛੇਭੁਜ (chebhuj) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Russian: шестиугольник (šestiugolʹnik) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Serbo-Croatian: šesterokut — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Shan: ႁူၵ်းၸဵင်ႇ (húuk tsàeng) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Slovak: šesťuholník — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Slovene: šestkotnik — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Slovene: šesterokotnik — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Lower Sorbian: šesćrožk — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Upper Sorbian: šěsćróžk — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Upper Sorbian: šesćiróžk — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Upper Sorbian: heksagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Spanish: hexágono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Swedish: hexagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Swedish: sexhörning — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Tagalog: eksagono — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Tagalog: nimsiha — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Tagalog: animang-gilid — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Tamil: அறுகோணம் (aṟukōṇam) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Telugu: షడ్భుజి (ṣaḍbhuji) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Thai: หกเหลี่ยม (hòk-lìiam) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Turkish: altıgen — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Turkish: müseddes — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Ukrainian: шестику́тник (šestykútnyk) — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Uzbek: musaddas — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Vietnamese: lục giác — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Vietnamese: hình sáu cạnh — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Welsh: chweongl — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Welsh: hecsagon — A polygon with six sides and six angles
  • Zulu: unxasithupha class 1a/2a — A polygon with six sides and six angles