Meanings
alternative obsolete octogonal
- not comparablegeometryShaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
The sundials range in shape from octagonal to the usual round. Prices range from $75 to $375.
1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times1 more example
Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.
1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or shaped like an octagon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishoctagon
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishoctagonal
Translations
Bengali অষ্টভুজাকৃতি
- অষ্টভুজাকৃতি (ośṭobhujakriti)shaped like an octagon
Bulgarian осмоъгълен
- осмоъгълен (osmoăgălen)shaped like an octagon
Catalan octagonal
- octagonalshaped like an octagon
Danish ottekantet, oktagonal
- ottekantetshaped like an octagon
- oktagonalshaped like an octagon
- oktogonalshaped like an octagon
Dutch achthoekig
- achthoekigshaped like an octagon
Esperanto oklatera, okangula
- oklaterashaped like an octagon
- okangulashaped like an octagon
Finnish kahdeksankulmioinen, kahdeksankulmion muotoinen
- kahdeksankulmioinenshaped like an octagon
- kahdeksankulmion muotoinenshaped like an octagon
French octogonal
- octogonalshaped like an octagon
German oktagonal, achteckig
- oktagonalshaped like an octagon
- achteckigshaped like an octagon
Greek οκτάγωνος, οχτάγωνος
- οκτάγωνος (oktágonos)shaped like an octagon
- οχτάγωνος (ochtágonos)shaped like an octagon
Icelandic átthyrndur
- átthyrndurshaped like an octagon
Irish ochtagánach
- ochtagánachshaped like an octagon
Italian ottagonale
- ottagonaleshaped like an octagon
Polish ośmiokątny, ośmioboczny
- ośmiokątnyshaped like an octagon
- ośmiobocznyshaped like an octagon
- oktagonalnyshaped like an octagon
Portuguese octogonal, octagonal
- octogonalshaped like an octagon
- octagonalshaped like an octagon
Russian восьмиуго́льный
- восьмиуго́льный (vosʹmiugólʹnyj)shaped like an octagon
Scottish Gaelic ochd-shliosach, ochd-shlisneach
- ochd-shliosachshaped like an octagon
- ochd-shlisneachshaped like an octagon
Spanish octagonal, octógono
- octagonalshaped like an octagon
- octógonoshaped like an octagon
Swedish oktagonal, åttakantig
- oktagonalshaped like an octagon
- åttakantigshaped like an octagon
- åttasidigshaped like an octagon
- oktogonalshaped like an octagon
Tagalog walsihain
- walsihainshaped like an octagon
Ukrainian восьмику́тний
- восьмику́тний (vosʹmykútnyj)shaped like an octagon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with octagonal
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octagonal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octagonal
“octagonal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octagonal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octagonal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octagonal.
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