Meanings
nounpolygon (plural polygons)
plural polygons
Synonyms & antonyms
Narrower
equilateral triangleisosceles trapezoidisosceles trianglekitesquarerectanglerhomboidrhombusparallelogramscalene triangletrapezoidstar polygonmonogondigontriangle4-gonquadranglequadrilateral5-gonpentanglepentagon6-gonhexanglehexagon7-gonheptagonheptangleseptagon8-gonoctagonoctogon9-gonnonagonenneagon10-gondecagondecangleundecagonhendecagondodecagon
nouna closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
Similar
polygonal shape
Broader
plane figuretwo-dimensional figure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπολύγωνον
- Englishpolygon
From Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”), equivalent to poly- + -gon.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans poligoon
- poligoonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Ancient Greek πολύγωνον
- πολύγωνον (polúgōnon)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Arabic مُضَلَّع
- مُضَلَّع (muḍallaʕ)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Basque poligono
- poligonoplane figure bounded by straight edges
Bengali বহুভুজ
- বহুভুজ (bohubhuj)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Bulgarian многоъгълник
- многоъгълник (mnogoăgălnik)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Catalan polígon
- polígonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Chinese Cantonese 多邊形 /多边形
- 多邊形 /多边形 (do1 bin1 jing4)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Chinese Mandarin 多邊形 /多边形, 多角形
- 多邊形 /多边形 (duōbiānxíng)plane figure bounded by straight edges
- 多角形 (duōjiǎoxíng)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Czech mnohoúhelník, polygon
- mnohoúhelníkplane figure bounded by straight edges
- polygonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Danish polygon
- polygonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Dutch veelhoek, polygoon
- veelhoekplane figure bounded by straight edges
- polygoonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Esperanto plurangulo, plurlatero
- pluranguloplane figure bounded by straight edges
- plurlateroplane figure bounded by straight edges
- poligonoplane figure bounded by straight edges
- multanguloplane figure bounded by straight edges
Estonian hulknurk
- hulknurkplane figure bounded by straight edges
Finnish monikulmio, polygoni
- monikulmioplane figure bounded by straight edges
- polygoniplane figure bounded by straight edges
French polygone
- polygoneplane figure bounded by straight edges
German Vieleck, Polygon
- Vieleckplane figure bounded by straight edges
- Polygonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Greek πολύγωνο
- πολύγωνο (polýgono)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Hebrew מצולע, פוליגון
- מצולע (metsulá)plane figure bounded by straight edges
- פוליגון (poligón)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Hindi बहुभुज
- बहुभुज (bahubhuj)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Hungarian poligon, sokszög
- poligonplane figure bounded by straight edges
- sokszögplane figure bounded by straight edges
Icelandic marghyrningur
- marghyrningurplane figure bounded by straight edges
Indonesian poligon
- poligonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Irish polagán
- polagánplane figure bounded by straight edges
Italian poligono
- poligonoplane figure bounded by straight edges
Japanese 多角形
- 多角形plane figure bounded by straight edges
Korean 다각형
- 다각형 (dagakhyeong)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Latin polygonum
- polygonumplane figure bounded by straight edges
Latvian daudzstūris
- daudzstūrisplane figure bounded by straight edges
Lithuanian daugiakampis
- daugiakampisplane figure bounded by straight edges
Māori tapamaha, taparau
- tapamahaplane figure bounded by straight edges
- taparauplane figure bounded by straight edges
Norwegian polygon, mangekant
- polygonplane figure bounded by straight edges
- mangekantplane figure bounded by straight edges
Persian چندضلعی
- چندضلعیplane figure bounded by straight edges
Polish wielokąt, wielobok
- wielokątplane figure bounded by straight edges
- wielobokplane figure bounded by straight edges
Portuguese polígono
- polígonoplane figure bounded by straight edges
Punjabi ਬਹੁਭੁਜ
- ਬਹੁਭੁਜ (bahubhuj)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Romanian poligon
- poligonplane figure bounded by straight edges
Russian многоуго́льник
- многоуго́льник (mnogougólʹnik)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Scottish Gaelic poileagan
- poileaganplane figure bounded by straight edges
Slovak mnohouholník
- mnohouholníkplane figure bounded by straight edges
Spanish polígono
- polígonoplane figure bounded by straight edges
Swahili pembenyingi
- pembenyingiplane figure bounded by straight edges
Swedish polygon, månghörning
- polygonplane figure bounded by straight edges
- månghörningplane figure bounded by straight edges
Tagalog damsiha
- damsihaplane figure bounded by straight edges
Tamil பல்கோணம்
- பல்கோணம் (palkōṇam)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Thai รูปหลายเหลี่ยม
- รูปหลายเหลี่ยมplane figure bounded by straight edges
Turkish çokgen
- çokgenplane figure bounded by straight edges
Ukrainian багатоку́тник, многоку́тник
- багатоку́тник (bahatokútnyk)plane figure bounded by straight edges
- многоку́тник (mnohokútnyk)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Urdu کثیر الاضلاع
- کثیر الاضلاعplane figure bounded by straight edges
Vietnamese đa giác
- đa giácplane figure bounded by straight edges
Yiddish פֿילעק
- פֿילעק (filek)plane figure bounded by straight edges
Cite this entry
APA
polygon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygon
MLA
“polygon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polygon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polygon.
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