"dodecahedron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdəʊ.dɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/ [UK], /ˌdəʊ.dɪk.əˈhiː.dɹən/ [UK], /ˌdoʊ.dɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/ [US], /doʊˌdɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən/ [US] Audio: en-us-dodecahedron.ogg , en-au-dodecahedron.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-dodecahedron.wav Forms: dodecahedra [plural], dodecahedrons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron). Equivalent to dodeca- + -hedron. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|δωδεκάεδρον}} Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron), {{af|en|dodeca-|-hedron}} dodeca- + -hedron Head templates: {{en-noun|dodecahedra|s}} dodecahedron (plural dodecahedra or dodecahedrons)
  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids. Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra, Twelve Synonyms: duodecahedron Translations (a polyhedron with 12 faces): տասներկուանիստ (tasnerkuanist) (Armenian), dodekaedr (Azerbaijani), dodecàedre (Catalan), dodecaedre [masculine] (Catalan), 正十二面體 /正十二面体 (zhèngshí'èr miàntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), dvanáctistěn [masculine] (Czech), dodekaedr [masculine] (Czech), dodekaeder [neuter] (Danish), dodecaëder [masculine] (Dutch), regelmatig twaalfvlak [neuter] (Dutch), dekduedro (Esperanto), korrapärane dodekaeeder (Estonian), dodekaedri (Finnish), kaksitoistatahokas (Finnish), dodécaèdre [masculine] (French), dodecaedro [masculine] (Galician), Dodekaeder [masculine] (German), Zwölfflächner [masculine] (German), dodekayèd (Haitian Creole), תֲּריֹסִרון דּוֹדֶקָהֶדְרוֹן (t'resárón) (Hebrew), dodekaéder (Hungarian), tólfflötungur [masculine] (Icelandic), dodekaedro (Ido), dodekahedron (Indonesian), bangun bersisi dua belas (Indonesian), dóideacaihéadrán [masculine] (Irish), dodecaedro [masculine] (Italian), 正十二面体 (seijūni mentai) (alt: せいじゅうにめんたい) (Japanese), 十二面体 (jūnimentai) (Japanese), 정십이면체 (jeongsibimyeonche) (Korean), dodekaedrs [masculine] (Latvian), dodekaedras [masculine] (Lithuanian), segi dua puluh (Malay), dodekahedron (Malay), dodekaeder [neuter] (Norwegian), dodécaèdre [masculine] (Occitan), dwunastościan foremny [masculine] (Polish), dodecaedro [masculine] (Portuguese), chunka iskayniyuq uya (Quechua), додека́эдр (dodekáedr) [masculine] (Russian), двенадцатигранник (dvenadcatigrannik) [masculine] (Russian), до̀декае̄дар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dòdekaēdar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dodecaedro [masculine] (Spanish), dodekaeder [common-gender] (Swedish), பன்னிரண்டுமுக ஐங்கோணகம் (paṉṉiraṇṭumuka aiṅkōṇakam) (Tamil), ทรงสิบสองหน้า (song sìp sŏng nâa) (Thai), dodekahedron (Turkish), додека́едр (dodekáedr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дванадцятигра́нник (dvanadcjatyhránnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), khối mười hai mặt (Vietnamese), dodecahedron (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dodecahedron-en-noun-5DjCzWy1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dodeca-, English terms suffixed with -hedron, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Derived forms: dodecadodecahedron, dodecahedral, dodecahedrane, dodecahedronic, great dodecahedron, hyperbolic dodecahedron, hyperdodecahedron, icosidodecahedron, pentadodecahedron, pentakis dodecahedron, rhombic dodecahedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, rhombidodecahedron, Roman dodecahedron, snub dodecahedron, truncated dodecahedron

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          "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodecaëder"
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dekduedro"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "korrapärane dodekaeeder"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekaedri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "kaksitoistatahokas"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodécaèdre"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodecaedro"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dodekaeder"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Zwölfflächner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekayèd"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "t'resárón",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "תֲּריֹסִרון דּוֹדֶקָהֶדְרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekaéder"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tólfflötungur"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekaedro"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekahedron"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "bangun bersisi dua belas"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dóideacaihéadrán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dodecaedro"
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    {
      "alt": "せいじゅうにめんたい",
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      "roman": "seijūni mentai",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "正十二面体"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūnimentai",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "十二面体"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongsibimyeonche",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "정십이면체"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodekaedrs"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "word": "dodekaedras"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "segi dua puluh"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekahedron"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodekaeder"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "word": "dodécaèdre"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dwunastościan foremny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dodecaedro"
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      "code": "qu",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "chunka iskayniyuq uya"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dodekáedr",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "додека́эдр"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvenadcatigrannik",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "двенадцатигранник"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "до̀декае̄дар"
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "word": "dòdekaēdar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dodecaedro"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
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      "word": "dodekaeder"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paṉṉiraṇṭumuka aiṅkōṇakam",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "பன்னிரண்டுமுக ஐங்கோணகம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "song sìp sŏng nâa",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "ทรงสิบสองหน้า"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodekahedron"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "word": "додека́едр"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "dvanadcjatyhránnyk",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "дванадцятигра́нник"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "khối mười hai mặt"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a polyhedron with 12 faces",
      "word": "dodecahedron"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.