"-gon" meaning in English

See -gon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|γωνία||corner, angle}} Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵónu||knee}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -gon, {{en-suffix}} -gon
  1. (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Geometry Related terms: -gonal, -hedron Translations (plane figure): -γωνον (-gōnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), -կյուն (-kyun) (Armenian), -gon [masculine] (Catalan), 邊形 (Chinese Mandarin), 边形 (biānxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), hoek [masculine] (Dutch), -gone [masculine] (French), -eck [neuter] (German), -szög (Hungarian), -gán [masculine] (Irish), -gono [masculine] (Italian), 角形 (kakkei) (Japanese), 각형 (gakhyeong) (Korean), -gōnum [neuter] (Latin), segi (Malay), -kona (Malay), -gon (Malay), -gono [masculine] (Portuguese), -уго́льник (-ugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), -го́н (-gón) [masculine] (Russian), -gono [masculine] (Spanish), -gona [feminine] (Spanish), -gon [common-gender] (Swedish), -hörning [common-gender] (Swedish), -gen (Turkish), -gon (Turkish), giác (Vietnamese)

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