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English
A regular hexagon
Etymology
From Latin hexagōnum , from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον ( hexágōnon ) .[ 1] By surface analysis , hexa- + -gon .
Pronunciation
Noun
hexagon (plural hexagons )
( geometry ) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French hexagone .
Noun
hexagon n (plural hexagoane )
hexagon
Declension