hexagon
Syllables: hex·a·gonUK/ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/US/ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɑn/
hexagon noun: a polygon with six sides and six angles.
Noun
hexagon (plural hexagons)
- A polygon with six sides and six angles.
- Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon
- The project was a huge, queen-size quilt made up of 100 hexagon pieces – 50 of them embroidered with a design for every US state and 50 stars. […] Once the designs are all stitched and the hexagons are returned to Downey, they will be assembled into the completed quilt.2019 October 25, Konstantin Toropin, “A woman found an unfinished, 20-year-old quilt and complete strangers are helping piece it together”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2019
hexagon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hexagon in Hindi
- A polygon with six sides and six angles
- षट्कोण ṣaṭkoṇ
hexagon in Tamil
- A polygon with six sides and six angles
- அறுகோணம் aṟukōṇam
hexagon in Urdu
- مسدس, شش پہلو
hexagon in Bengali
- A polygon with six sides and six angles
- ষড়ভুজ śoṛobhuj
More languagesFewer languages
- hexagon in Telugu
- షడ్భుజి ṣaḍbhuji
- hexagon in Malayalam
- ഷഡ്ഭുജം ṣaḍbhujaṁ
- hexagon in Kannada
- ಷಟ್ಕೋನ ṣaṭkōna
- hexagon in Punjabi
- ਛੇਭੁਜ chebhuj
- hexagon in Gujarati
- ષટ્કોણ ṣaṭkoṇ
- hexagon in Odia
- ଛକୋଣି chakoṇi
- hexagon in Tagalog
- eksagono, nimsiha, animang-gilid
- hexagon in Arabic
- مُسَدَّس musaddas
- hexagon in Malay
- heksagon
- hexagon in Indonesian
- segi enam
- hexagon in Persian
- ششگوشه šeš-guše, مسدس
- hexagon in Thai
- หกเหลี่ยม hòk-lìiam
- hexagon in Vietnamese
- lục giác, hình sáu cạnh
- hexagon in Myanmar
- ဆက္ကဂံ hcakka.gam, ဆဋ္ဌဂံ hcathta.gam
Examples of hexagon in a sentence
- It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.
- You can cover the plane with regular hexagons.
- Regular hexagons can cover the plane.
Synonyms of hexagon
Forms of hexagon
| plural | hexagons |
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Origin of hexagon
From Latin hexagōnum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon). By surface analysis, hexa- + -gon. Piecewise doublet of sexagon.
Words formed from hexagon
Phrases with hexagon
Questions about hexagon
- What does hexagon mean?
- Hexagon means a polygon with six sides and six angles.
- What is hexagon in Hindi?
- Hexagon in Hindi is षट्कोण (ṣaṭkoṇ). See Hexagon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hexagon?
- Hexagon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hexagon?
- Hexagon is pronounced /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hexagon?
- The plural of hexagon is hexagons.
Words near hexagon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hexagon (page history and authors); hexagon (Urdu 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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