veelhoek
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[edit]Etymology
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Compound of veel (“much, many”) + hoek (“angle, corner”), coined by Simon Stevin as a purism for Latin polygonum, therefore a calque of Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]veelhoek m (plural veelhoeken, diminutive veelhoekje n)