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polygon

noun · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈpɒlɪɡən/
  • UK: /ˈpɒliːˌɡɒn/
  • US: pälʹē-gän
  • US: /ˈpɑliˌɡɑn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒlɪɡən
  • rhymes with -ɒliːɡɒn
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 L IH0 G AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.

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

The boundary of such a figure.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Such a figure and its interior, taken as a whole.

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: polygonal shape

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plane figure, two-dimensional figure

Narrower terms: isogon, convex polygon, concave polygon, quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon, triangle, trigon, trilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, undecagon, dodecagon, spherical polygon

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- + -gon.

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: poligoon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Albanian: shumëkëndësh — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Arabic: مُضَلَّع (muḍallaʕ) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Aragonese: poligono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Armenian: բազմանկյուն (bazmankyun) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Asturian: polígonu — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Azerbaijani: çoxbucaqlı — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Basque: poligono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Bengali: বহুভুজ (bohubhuj) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Bulgarian: многоъгълник (mnogoǎgǎlnik) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Burmese: ဗဟုဂံ (ba.hu.gam) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Catalan: polígon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Chinese Cantonese: 多邊形 /多边形 (do1 bin1 jing4) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hakka Chinese: 多邊形 /多边形 (tô-piên-hìn) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多邊形 /多边形 (duōbiānxíng) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多角形 (duōjiǎoxíng) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Chuvash: нумай кӗтеслӗх (numaj k̬ĕt̬eslĕh) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Corsican: poligonu — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Corsican: puligonu — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Czech: mnohoúhelník — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Czech: polygon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Danish: polygon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Dutch: veelhoek — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Dutch: polygoon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Esperanto: plurangulo — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Esperanto: plurlatero — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Esperanto: poligono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Esperanto: multangulo — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Estonian: hulknurk — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Faroese: marghyrningur — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Finnish: monikulmio — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Finnish: polygoni — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • French: polygone — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Friulian: poligon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Friulian: poligonâl — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Galician: polígono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Georgian: პენტაკონტაგონი (ṗenṭaḳonṭagoni) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Georgian: მრავალკუთხედი (mravalḳutxedi) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • German: Vieleck — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • German: Polygon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Greek: πολύγωνο (polýgono) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Ancient Greek: πολύγωνον (polúgōnon) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Gujarati: બહુભુજ (bahubhuj) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Haitian Creole: poligòn — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hebrew: מצולע (metsulá) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hebrew: פוליגון (poligón) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hindi: बहुभुज (bahubhuj) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hungarian: poligon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Hungarian: sokszög — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Icelandic: marghyrningur — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Ido: poligono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Indonesian: poligon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Irish: polagán — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Italian: poligono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Japanese: 多角形 — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Kazakh: көпбұрыш (köpbūryş) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Khmer: ពហុកោណ (pea’hu’ kaon) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Korean: 다각형 (dagakhyeong) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Northern Kurdish: pirgoşe — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Latin: polygonum — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Latvian: daudzstūris — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Lithuanian: daugiakampis — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Low German: Veeleck — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Macedonian: многуа́голник (mnoguágolnik) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Malayalam: ബഹുഭുജം (bahubhujaṁ) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Manx: yl-lhiatteean — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Māori: tapamaha — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Māori: taparau — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Marathi: बहुकोण (bahukoṇ) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Moore: kog-kʋʋma — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Navajo: łąʼį́ bízniikʼą́ — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Norwegian: polygon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Norwegian: mangekant — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Persian: چندضلعی — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Polish: wielokąt — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Polish: wielobok — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Portuguese: polígono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Punjabi: ਬਹੁਭੁਜ (bahubhuj) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Quechua: manchay chinruyuj — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Romanian: poligon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Russian: многоуго́льник (mnogougólʹnik) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Sanskrit: बहुकोण (bahukoṇa) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Scottish Gaelic: poileagan — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Serbo-Croatian: mnogokut — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Serbo-Croatian: mnogougao — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Serbo-Croatian: višekut — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Serbo-Croatian: višeugao — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Serbo-Croatian: poligon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Slovak: mnohouholník — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Slovene: mnogokotnik — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Spanish: polígono — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Swahili: pembenyingi — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Swedish: polygon — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Swedish: månghörning — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Tagalog: damsiha — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Tamil: பல்கோணம் (palkōṇam) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Tatar: nüeş — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Telugu: బహుభుజి (bahubhuji) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Thai: รูปหลายเหลี่ยม — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Turkish: çokgen — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Ukrainian: багатоку́тник (bahatokútnyk) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Ukrainian: многоку́тник (mnohokútnyk) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Urdu: کثیر الاضلاع — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Vietnamese: đa giác — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Volapük: mödalien — plane figure bounded by straight edges
  • Yiddish: פֿילעק (filek) — plane figure bounded by straight edges
Real reading context

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