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polyomino

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒliˈɒmɪnəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌpɑliˈɑməˌnoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɒmɪnəʊ
  • rhymes with -ɒmənəʊ

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noun

Meaning 1

A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -omino English polyomino From poly- + -omino.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: poliòmino — polyform made of squares
  • Dutch: polyomino — polyform made of squares
  • Esperanto: plurkvadrato — polyform made of squares
  • Finnish: polyomino — polyform made of squares
  • French: polyomino — polyform made of squares
  • German: Polyomino — polyform made of squares
  • Italian: polimino — polyform made of squares
  • Latvian: polimoni — polyform made of squares
  • Polish: poliomino — polyform made of squares
  • Portuguese: poliminó — polyform made of squares
  • Portuguese: poliominó — polyform made of squares
  • Russian: полими́но (polimíno) — polyform made of squares
  • Slovene: poliomína — polyform made of squares
  • Slovene: polinomína — polyform made of squares
  • Spanish: poliminó — polyform made of squares
  • Spanish: poliominó — polyform made of squares
  • Thai: พอลิโอมิโน — polyform made of squares