pentagon

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From the shape of the building.

From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- + -gon.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَنْتَاغُون (bantāgōn) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Armenian: Պենտագոն — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Belarusian: Пентаго́н (Pjentahón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Belarusian: Пэнтаго́н (Pentahón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Bengali: পেন্টাগন (penṭagon) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Bulgarian: Пентаго́н (Pentagón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Catalan: Pentàgon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Chinese Mandarin: 五角大樓 /五角大楼 (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Chinese Mandarin: 五角大廈 /五角大厦 (Wǔjiǎo Dàshà) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Dutch: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Finnish: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• French: Pentagone — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Georgian: პენტაგონი (ṗenṭagoni) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• German: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Greek: Πεντάγωνο (Pentágono) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Hebrew: פֶּנְטָגוֹן (pentagón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Hindi: पेंटागन (pẽṭāgan) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Hungarian: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Japanese: ペンタゴン — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Japanese: 五稜堡 (Goryōho) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Korean: 펜타곤 — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Macedonian: Пентагон — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Iranian Persian: پِنْتاگون (pentâgon) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Polish: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Portuguese: Pentágono — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Russian: Пентаго́н (Pentagón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Spanish: Pentágono — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Swedish: Pentagon — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Thai: เดอะเพนตากอน — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Ukrainian: Пентаго́н (Pentahón) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Urdu: پینْٹا گون (penṭā gon) — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Vietnamese: Lầu Năm Góc — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Vietnamese: Ngũ Giác Đài — headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
• Afrikaans: pentagoon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Afrikaans: vyfhoek — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Southern Altai: бештолык (beštolïk) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Arabic: مُخَمَّس (muḵammas) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Arabic: خُمَاسِيّ أَضْلَاع (ḵumāsiyy ʔaḍlāʕ) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Armenian: հնգանկյուն (hngankyun) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Armenian: պենտագոն (pentagon) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Asturian: pentágonu — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Belarusian: пяціку́тнік (pjacikútnik) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Bengali: পঞ্চভুজ (poncobhuj) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Bulgarian: петоъгъ́лник (petoǎgǎ́lnik) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Burmese: ပဉ္စဂံ (panyca.gam) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Catalan: pentàgon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Chinese Mandarin: 五角形 (wǔjiǎoxíng) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Chinese Mandarin: 五边形 (wǔbiānxíng) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Czech: pětiúhelník — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Danish: pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Danish: femkant — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Dutch: vijfhoek — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• East Frisian Low German: fiifkâant — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Esperanto: kvinlatero — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Esperanto: kvinangulo — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Estonian: viisnurk — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Estonian: pentagoon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Finnish: viisikulmio — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Finnish: pentagoni — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• French: pentagone — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• North Frisian: Fifhuk — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Saterland Frisian: Fieuwkaant — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• West-Frisian: fiifhoek — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Friulian: pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Galician: pentágono — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Georgian: ხუთკუთხედი (xutḳutxedi) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• German: Fünfeck — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• German: Pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Greek: πεντάγωνο (pentágono) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Ancient Greek: πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Gujarati: પંચકોણ (pañckoṇ) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Hebrew: מחומש \ מְחֻמָּשׁ (mekhumásh) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Hindi: पंचकोण (pañckoṇ) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Hungarian: ötszög — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Icelandic: fimmhyrningur — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Ido: pentagono — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Indonesian: segi lima — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Irish: peinteagán — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Italian: pentagono — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Japanese: 五角形 — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Kannada: ಪಂಚಕೋಣ (pañcakōṇa) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Kazakh: бесбұрыш (besbūryş) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Khmer: បញ្ចកោណ (pañcaʼkaon) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Korean: 오각형 (ogakhyeong) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Kumyk: беш мююшлюк (beş müyuşlük) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Latvian: piecstūris — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Luxembourgish: Fënnefeck — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Macedonian: пета́голник (petágolnik) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Malay: pancakona — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Malay: segi lima — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Māori: taparima — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Navajo: ashdlaʼgo bízniikʼą́ — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Navajo: ashdlaʼgóó adeezʼá — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Norwegian Bokmål: femkant — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Norwegian Bokmål: pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: femkant — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Polish: pięciokąt — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Portuguese: pentágono — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Russian: пятиуго́льник (pjatiugólʹnik) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Sardinian: pentàgonu — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Scottish Gaelic: còig-cheàrnach — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Serbo-Croatian: петерокут — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Serbo-Croatian: петоугаоник — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Serbo-Croatian: peterokut — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Serbo-Croatian: petougaonik — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Slovak: päťuholník — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Slovene: peterokotnik — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Lower Sorbian: pěśirožk — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Upper Sorbian: pjećróžk — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Upper Sorbian: pjećiróžk — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Spanish: pentágono — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Swedish: pentagon — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Tagalog: limsiha — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Tamil: ஐங்கோணம் (aiṅkōṇam) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Thai: ห้าเหลี่ยม (hâa-lìiam) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Tibetan: གཞོགས་ལྡ (gzhogs lda) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Turkish: beşgen — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Ukrainian: п'ятику́тник (pʺjatykútnyk) — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Vietnamese: ngũ giác — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Vietnamese: hình năm cạnh — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Welsh: pumongl — a polygon with five sides and five angles
• Zulu: unxanhlanu class 1a/2a — a polygon with five sides and five angles