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See also: Appendix:Variations of "gon"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Suffix[edit]
-gon
- (geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
- A pentagon has five sides.
- a 17-gon
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
plane figure
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Abinomn[edit]
Etymology[edit]
None; due to Abinomn's possible nature of being a language isolate.
Suffix[edit]
-gon
Derived terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).
Suffix[edit]
-gon m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gons)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “-gon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “-gon”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “-gon” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-gon
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Geometry
- Abinomn lemmas
- Abinomn suffixes
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan noun-forming suffixes
- Catalan countable suffixes
- Catalan masculine suffixes
- ca:Geometry
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes
- sv:Geometry