Meanings
nounhexagon (plural hexagons)
plural hexagons
- geometryA polygon with six sides and six angles.
Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon
2 more examples
The project was a huge, queen-size quilt made up of 100 hexagon pieces – 50 of them embroidered with a design for every US state and 50 stars. […] Once the designs are all stitched and the hexagons are returned to Downey, they will be assembled into the completed quilt.
2019 October 25, Konstantin Toropin, “A woman found an unfinished, 20-year-old quilt and complete strangers are helping piece it together”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2019If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.
2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekἑξάγωνον
- Latinhexagōnum
- Englishhexagon
From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon). By surface analysis, hexa- + -gon. Piecewise doublet of sexagon.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans heksagoon, seshoek
- heksagoonA polygon with six sides and six angles
- seshoekA polygon with six sides and six angles
Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον
- ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Arabic مُسَدَّس
- مُسَدَّس (musaddas)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Bengali ষড়ভুজ
- ষড়ভুজ (śoṛobhuj)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Bulgarian шестоъгълник
- шестоъгълник (šestoăgălnik)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Catalan hexàgon
- hexàgonA polygon with six sides and six angles
Chinese Mandarin 六邊形 /六边形, 六角形
- 六邊形 /六边形 (liùbiānxíng)A polygon with six sides and six angles
- 六角形 (liùjiǎoxíng)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Czech šestiúhelník
- šestiúhelníkA polygon with six sides and six angles
Danish sekskant
- sekskantA polygon with six sides and six angles
Dutch zeshoek
- zeshoekA polygon with six sides and six angles
Esperanto seslatero, heksagono
- seslateroA polygon with six sides and six angles
- heksagonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
- sesanguloA polygon with six sides and six angles
Finnish kuusikulmio, heksagoni
- kuusikulmioA polygon with six sides and six angles
- heksagoniA polygon with six sides and six angles
French hexagone
- hexagoneA polygon with six sides and six angles
German Sechseck, 6-Eck
- SechseckA polygon with six sides and six angles
- 6-EckA polygon with six sides and six angles
- HexagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
Greek εξάγωνο
- εξάγωνο (exágono)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Hebrew מְשׁוּשֶּׁה
- מְשׁוּשֶּׁה (meshushé)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Hindi षट्कोण
- षट्कोण (ṣaṭkoṇ)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Hungarian hatszög
- hatszögA polygon with six sides and six angles
Icelandic sexhyrningur
- sexhyrningurA polygon with six sides and six angles
Indonesian segi enam
- segi enamA polygon with six sides and six angles
Irish heicseagán
- heicseagánA polygon with six sides and six angles
Italian esagono
- esagonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
Japanese 六角形
- 六角形 (rokkakukei)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Korean 육각형
- 육각형 (yukgakhyeong)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Latin hexagōnum
- hexagōnumA polygon with six sides and six angles
Latvian sešstūris
- sešstūrisA polygon with six sides and six angles
Lithuanian šešiakampis
- šešiakampisA polygon with six sides and six angles
Malay heksagon
- heksagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
Māori tapaono
- tapaonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
Norwegian Bokmål heksagon, sekskant
- heksagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
- sekskantA polygon with six sides and six angles
Persian ششگوشه, مسدس
- ششگوشه (šeš-guše)A polygon with six sides and six angles
- مسدسA polygon with six sides and six angles
Polish sześciokąt, sześciobok
- sześciokątA polygon with six sides and six angles
- sześciobokA polygon with six sides and six angles
Portuguese hexágono
- hexágonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
Punjabi ਛੇਭੁਜ
- ਛੇਭੁਜ (chebhuj)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Russian шестиугольник
- шестиугольник (šestiugolʹnik)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Slovak šesťuholník
- šesťuholníkA polygon with six sides and six angles
Spanish hexágono
- hexágonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
Swahili heksagoni
- heksagoniA polygon with six sides and six angles
Swedish hexagon, sexhörning
- hexagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
- sexhörningA polygon with six sides and six angles
Tagalog eksagono, nimsiha
- eksagonoA polygon with six sides and six angles
- nimsihaA polygon with six sides and six angles
- animang-gilidA polygon with six sides and six angles
- heksagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
Tamil அறுகோணம்
- அறுகோணம் (aṟukōṇam)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Thai หกเหลี่ยม
- หกเหลี่ยม (hòk-lìiam)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Turkish altıgen, müseddes
- altıgenA polygon with six sides and six angles
- müseddesA polygon with six sides and six angles
Ukrainian шестику́тник
- шестику́тник (šestykútnyk)A polygon with six sides and six angles
Vietnamese lục giác, hình sáu cạnh
- lục giácA polygon with six sides and six angles
- hình sáu cạnhA polygon with six sides and six angles
Welsh chweongl, hecsagon
- chweonglA polygon with six sides and six angles
- hecsagonA polygon with six sides and six angles
Zulu unxasithupha class 1a/2a
- unxasithupha class 1a/2aA polygon with six sides and six angles
Cite this entry
APA
hexagon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagon
MLA
“hexagon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hexagon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexagon.
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