heptagon
UK/ˈhɛp.tə.ɡən//ˈhɛp.tə.ɡɒn/
heptagon noun: a polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
Noun
heptagon (plural heptagons)
- A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon
- So if Colorado is not a rectangle, what is it? Well, not a pentagon, (Greek for 5-sider), hexagon (6-sider), or a heptagon (7-sider), but a—hold on to something—hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon (697-sider).2023 January 23 [2018 October 31], Frank Jacobs, “Colorado Is Not a Rectangle—It Has 697 Sides”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2023
- Synonyms:
- 7-gon, septagon[Appendix:Glossary
heptagon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
heptagon in Hindi
- polygon with seven sides and seven angles
- सप्तकोण saptakoṇ
heptagon in Tamil
- எழுகோணம், ஏழு கோண வடிவம், ஏழு கோணம்
heptagon in Bengali
- polygon with seven sides and seven angles
- সপ্তভুজ śoptobhuj
heptagon in Kannada
- ಏಳುಬದಿಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- heptagon in Tagalog
- pitsiha
- heptagon in Arabic
- مُسَبَّع musabbaʕ
- heptagon in Indonesian
- segi tujuh
- heptagon in Persian
- هفت ضلعی
- heptagon in Thai
- เจ็ดเหลี่ยม jèt-lìiam
- heptagon in Vietnamese
- hình bảy cạnh
- heptagon in Myanmar
- သတ္တဂံ satta.gam
Synonyms of heptagon
- 7-gon
- septagon[Appendix:Glossary
Forms of heptagon
| plural | heptagons |
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Origin of heptagon
Since 16th century, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). By surface analysis, hepta- + -gon.
Words formed from heptagon
Questions about heptagon
- What does heptagon mean?
- Heptagon means a polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- What is heptagon in Hindi?
- Heptagon in Hindi is सप्तकोण (saptakoṇ). See Heptagon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heptagon?
- Heptagon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce heptagon?
- Heptagon is pronounced /ˈhɛp.tə.ɡɒn/ (US).
- What is the plural of heptagon?
- The plural of heptagon is heptagons.
Words near heptagon in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heptagon (page history and authors); heptagon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heptagon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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