"pentagram" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɹæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pentagram.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pentagrams [plural]
enPR: pĕnʹ-tə-grăm Rhymes: -ɛntəɡɹæm Etymology: From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + gram. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πεντάγραμμον}} Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), {{m|grc|πεντάγραμμος}} πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos), {{m|grc|πεντέγραμμος||five-lined, having five lines}} πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”), {{m|en|penta-}} penta-, {{m|en|gram}} gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentagram (plural pentagrams)
  1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon. Wikipedia link: pentagram Categories (topical): Five, Freemasonry, Paganism, Polygons, Wicca Synonyms: pentacle, pentalpha, pentangle, pentagramme [archaic, rare] Holonyms: pentacle Derived forms: inverted pentagram, Pentagram Related terms (star shape): hexagram (6-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed) Translations (shape of five-pointed star): pentagram [masculine] (Albanian), հնգագիծ (hngagic) (Armenian), pentaqramma (Azerbaijani), pentagrama (Basque), пентаграм (pentagram) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пентаграма (pentagrama) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pentagrama [masculine] (Catalan), 五角星 (ng⁵ gok³ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 五角星 (wǔjiǎoxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), пентаграмма (pent̬agramma) (Chuvash), pentagram [masculine] (Czech), pentagram [neuter] (Danish), pentagram [neuter] (Dutch), pentagramo (Esperanto), pentagramm (Estonian), pentagrammi (Finnish), viisikanta (Finnish), pentagramme [masculine] (French), pentagram [masculine] (Friulian), pentagrama [masculine] (Galician), პენტაგრამა (ṗenṭagrama) (Georgian), Pentagramm [neuter] (German), πεντάγραμμο (pentágrammo) [neuter] (Greek), פֶּנְטַגְרָם (pentagram) [masculine] (Hebrew), पेंटाग्राम (pẽṭāgrām) (Hindi), pentagramma (Hungarian), pentagram (Hungarian), fimmstirningur [masculine] (Icelandic), reglulegur fimmstirningur [masculine] (Icelandic), pentagramo (Ido), pentagram (Indonesian), peinteagram [masculine] (Irish), pentagramma [masculine] (Italian), 五芒星 (gobōsei) (alt: ごぼうせい) (Japanese), пентаграмма (pentagramma) (Kazakh), жұлдызды бесбұрыш (jūldyzdy besbūryş) (Kazakh), 오각성 (ogakseong) (Korean), 오각별 (ogakbyeol) (Korean), 오망성 (omangseong) (Korean), 펜타그램 (pentageuraem) (Korean), pentagrammum [neuter] (Latin), pentagramma [feminine] (Latvian), pentagrama [feminine] (Lithuanian), pentagram [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), pentagram [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pentagram [masculine] (Polish), gwiazda pitagorejska [feminine] (Polish), pentagrama [masculine] (Portuguese), pentagramă [feminine] (Romanian), пентагра́мма (pentagrámma) [feminine] (Russian), пе̏нтаграм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȅntagram [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pentagram [masculine] (Slovak), pentagram [masculine] (Slovene), pentagrama [masculine] (Spanish), pentagram [neuter] (Swedish), பெண்டகிராம் (peṇṭakirām) (Tamil), སྐར་མ་ཟུར་ལྡ (skar ma zur lda) (Tibetan), pentagram (Turkish), пентагра́ма (pentahráma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pentagramma (Uzbek), pencagram (Zazaki)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗenṭagrama",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "პენტაგრამა"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "word": "פֶּנְטַגְרָם"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pẽṭāgrām",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "पेंटाग्राम"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "pentagramma"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fimmstirningur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "reglulegur fimmstirningur"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "pentagramo"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "pentagram"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peinteagram"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "pentagramma"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごぼうせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gobōsei",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "五芒星"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "pentagramma",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "пентаграмма"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jūldyzdy besbūryş",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "жұлдызды бесбұрыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ogakseong",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "오각성"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ogakbyeol",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "오각별"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "omangseong",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "오망성"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pentageuraem",
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          "word": "pȅntagram"
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          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
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          "word": "pentagram"
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "peṇṭakirām",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "பெண்டகிராம்"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "skar ma zur lda",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "སྐར་མ་ཟུར་ལྡ"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "pentagram"
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          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пентагра́ма"
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          "code": "uz",
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          "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
          "word": "pentagramma"
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
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}
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        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "ref": "2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah, page 345",
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          "ref": "2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry, page 59",
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    },
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      "word": "pentangle"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hngagic",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "հնգագիծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentaqramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pentagram",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пентаграм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pentagrama",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пентаграма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ng⁵ gok³ sing¹",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "五角星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǔjiǎoxīng",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "五角星"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "pent̬agramma",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "пентаграмма"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagramm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagrammi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "viisikanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagramme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗenṭagrama",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "პენტაგრამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pentagramm"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pentágrammo",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πεντάγραμμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pentagram",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֶּנְטַגְרָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pẽṭāgrām",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "पेंटाग्राम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fimmstirningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reglulegur fimmstirningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peinteagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagramma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごぼうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gobōsei",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "五芒星"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "pentagramma",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "пентаграмма"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jūldyzdy besbūryş",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "жұлдызды бесбұрыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ogakseong",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "오각성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ogakbyeol",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "오각별"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "omangseong",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "오망성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pentageuraem",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "펜타그램"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrammum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwiazda pitagorejska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagramă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pentagrámma",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пентагра́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пе̏нтаграм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȅntagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "peṇṭakirām",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "பெண்டகிராம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skar ma zur lda",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "སྐར་མ་ཟུར་ལྡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagram"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pentahráma",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пентагра́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pentagramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "shape of five-pointed star",
      "word": "pencagram"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pentagram"
}

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