-hedron

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-hedron (plural -hedra or -hedrons)

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -hedron

Related terms

• -hedral

Translations

solid figure

• Catalan: -edre (ca) m
• Danish: -eder n
• Finnish: -tahokas, -edri (fi)
• French: -èdre (fr) m
• German: -eder (de)
• Hungarian: -éder
• Irish: -héadrán m
• Italian: -edro (it) m
• Korean: 면체(面體) (-myeonche)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -eder n

  Nynorsk: -eder n

• Spanish: -edro m
• Swedish: -eder (sv) c

See also

• -gon
• -choron

Anagrams

• Dohner, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn, horned