hexagon

See also: Hexagon, hexàgon, and hexagón

English

A regular hexagon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hĕk'səgən, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/
• (US) enPR: hĕk'səgŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɑn/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Hyphenation: hex‧a‧gon

Noun

hexagon (plural hexagons)

2. (geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.

Synonyms

• 6-gon
• sexagon
• sexangle

Derived terms

• Brianchon hexagon
• hexagonal
• Lemoine hexagon
• Pappus's hexagon theorem
• Tucker hexagon

 

Translations

A polygon with six sides and six angles

• Afrikaans: heksagoon, seshoek (af)
• Albanian: gjashtëkëndësh (sq) m
• Arabic: مُسَدَّس (musaddas)
• Armenian: վեցանկյուն (hy) (vecʻankyun)
• Asturian: hexágonu m
• Bengali: ষড়ভুজ (bn) (śoṛobhuj)
• Bulgarian: шестоъгълник (bg) m (šestoǎgǎlnik)
• Burmese: ဆက္ကဂံ (my) (hcakka.gam), ဆဋ္ဌဂံ (my) (hcathta.gam)
• Catalan: hexàgon (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六邊形 / 六边形 (zh) (liùbiānxíng), 六角形 (zh) (liùjiǎoxíng)

• Czech: šestiúhelník (cs) m
• Danish: sekskant c
• Dutch: zeshoek (nl) m
• Esperanto: seslatero, heksagono, sesangulo
• Faroese: sekshyrningur m
• Finnish: kuusikulmio (fi), heksagoni (fi)
• French: hexagone (fr) m
• Friulian: esagon m
• Galician: hexágono (gl) m
• Georgian: ექვსკუთხედი (ekvsḳutxedi)
• German: Sechseck (de) n, 6-Eck n, Hexagon (de) n
• Greek: εξάγωνο (el) m (exágono)

  Ancient: ἑξάγωνον n (hexágōnon)

• Gujarati: ષટ્કોણ (gu) (ṣaṭkoṇ)
• Hebrew: מְשׁוּשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
• Hindi: षट्कोण (hi) m (ṣaṭkoṇ)
• Hungarian: hatszög (hu)
• Icelandic: sexhyrningur m
• Ido: hexagono (io)
• Indonesian: segi enam
• Irish: heicseagán m
• Italian: esagono (it) m
• Japanese: 六角形 (ja) (ろっかくけい, rokkakukei)
• Kannada: ಷಟ್ಕೋನ (kn) (ṣaṭkōna)
• Khmer: ឆកោណ (km) (chɑkaon)
• Korean: 육각형 (ko) (yukgakhyeong)
• Kumyk: алты мююшлюк (altı müyuşlük)
• Lao: ຫົກແຈ (hok chǣ), ຫົກຫຼ່ຽມ (hok līam)
• Latin: hexagōnum n
• Latvian: sešstūris m
• Lithuanian: šešiakampis m
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: шеста́голник m (šestágolnik)
• Malay:

  Rumi: heksagon (ms)

• Malayalam: ഷഡ്ഭുജം (ml) (ṣaḍbhujaṁ)
• Maori: tapaono
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: hastą́ągo bízniikʼą́, hastą́ą́góó adeezʼá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heksagon m, sekskant m

  Nynorsk: heksagon m, sekskant m

• Odia: ଛକୋଣି (or) (chakoṇi)
• Persian: شش‌گوشه (šeš-guše), مسدس (fa)
• Polish: sześciokąt (pl) m
• Portuguese: hexágono (pt) m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: шестиугольник (ru) m (šestiugolʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: šesterokut (sh)
• Shan: ႁူၵ်းၸဵင်ႇ (húuk tsàeng)
• Slovak: šesťuholník m
• Slovene: šestkotnik m, šesterokotnik m
• Southern Altai: алты толук (altï toluk)
• Spanish: hexágono (es) m
• Swedish: hexagon (sv) c, sexhörning (sv) c
• Tagalog: eksagono, nimsiha, animang-gilid
• Tamil: அறுகோணம் (ta) (aṟukōṇam)
• Telugu: షడ్భుజి (te) (ṣaḍbhuji)
• Thai: หกเหลี่ยม (th) (hòk-lìiam)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: altıgen (tr), müseddes (tr)
• Ukrainian: шестику́тник m (šestykútnyk)
• Uzbek: musaddas (uz)
• Vietnamese: lục giác (vi), hình sáu cạnh
• Welsh: chweongl m, hecsagon m
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: unxasithupha class 1a/2a

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hexagone.

Noun

hexagon n (plural hexagoane)

1. hexagon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hexagon	hexagonul		hexagoane	hexagoanele
genitive-dative	hexagon	hexagonului		hexagoane	hexagoanelor
vocative	hexagonule			hexagoanelor