pentagonal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pentagon

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English pentagonal

From pentagon + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnˈtæɡənəl/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -æɡənəl

Adjective

pentagonal (comparative more pentagonal, superlative most pentagonal)

1. Of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon.
   • 1850, John Radford Young, An introductory treatise on mensuration, in theory and practice, page 115:

     If the base be a triangle, it is called a triangular prism; if a square, a square prism; if a pentagon, a pentagonal prism; and' if the base is any irregular figure, it is called an irregular prism : ...

   • 2018, B Özüdoğru, “Phylogenetic position, taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of the rare and poorly-known Noccaea rosularis, the generic type of Masmenia …”, in Phytotaxa:

     Seed micromorphology:—Seed coat is laticostate. Epidermal cells are elliptical to irregularly pentagonal. Cell walls are thickened mostly at the corners, the boundaries are raised […]

Derived terms

• pentagonal hexecontahedron
• pentagonal icositetrahedron
• pentagonally
• pentagonal prism
• subpentagonal

Translations

of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon

• Bengali: পঞ্চভুজাকৃতি (poncobhujakriti)
• Bulgarian: петоъгълен (petoǎgǎlen)
• Catalan: pentagonal (ca)
• Esperanto: kvinangula
• Galician: pentagonal
• Georgian: ხუთკუთხა (xutḳutxa), პენტაგონალური (ṗenṭagonaluri)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos)

• Hebrew: מחומש (mekhumásh)
• Ido: pentagonala
• Italian: pentagonale (it)
• Latin: quinquangulus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: femkantet

• Portuguese: pentagonal
• Russian: пятиуго́льный (ru) (pjatiugólʹnyj)
• Spanish: pentágono (es), pentagonal (es)
• Tagalog: limsihain

Noun

pentagonal (plural pentagonals)

1. Something having the shape of a pentagon.
   • 1941, Steel, volume 109, page 59:

     Speaking of protection, note that not only are the end pentagonals surrounded by a generous air space, but the entire instrument is insulated, […]

   • 1993, Michael Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, page 188:

     The pentagonals with the flowers and the leaves of the central calyx are gilded all over, as is the inner lip of the vessel.

Catalan

Etymology

From pentàgon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pən.tə.ɣuˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pən.tə.ɣoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pen.ta.ɣoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

pentagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pentagonals)

1. pentagonal

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pentagonal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “pentagonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pentagonal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pentagonal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

From pentagone +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

pentagonal (feminine pentagonale, masculine plural pentagonaux, feminine plural pentagonales)

1. pentagonal

Further reading

• “pentagonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From pentágono (“pentagon”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.ta.ɡoˈnaw/ [pẽ.ta.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.tɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [pẽ.tɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.tɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [pẽ.tɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.tɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [pẽ.tɐ.ɣuˈna.li]

• Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧go‧nal

Adjective

pentagonal m or f (plural pentagonais)

1. pentagonal (of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon)

Related terms

• pentágono

Further reading

• “pentagonal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pentagonal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “pentagonal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pentagonal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From pentagon +‎ -al.

Adjective

pentagonal m or n (feminine singular pentagonală, masculine plural pentagonali, feminine/neuter plural pentagonale)

1. pentagonal

Declension

Declension of pentagonal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pentagonal		pentagonală	pentagonali	pentagonale
	definite	pentagonalul		pentagonala	pentagonalii	pentagonalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pentagonal		pentagonale	pentagonali	pentagonale
	definite	pentagonalului		pentagonalei	pentagonalilor	pentagonalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From pentágono +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pentaɡoˈnal/ [pẽn̪.t̪a.ɣ̞oˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pen‧ta‧go‧nal

Adjective

pentagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pentagonales)

1. pentagonal

   Synonym: pentágono

Further reading

• “pentagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025