pentagon
/ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
name
Example Sentences
- "Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon"
- "Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, […]"
- "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)."
- "The Vietnamese people inspired youth of all nationalities […] by demonstrating that the determination of a people to fight for their sovereignty and right to self-determination was an unconquerable force, even in the face of Pentagon might."
- "Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review."
Etymology
From Middle French pentagone, from Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon), noun use of the neuter of the adjective πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -γωνος (-gōnos, “angled”). Equivalent to penta- + -gon.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɑn/
- British English: /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡən/
Inflected Forms
pentagons (plural)
the Pentagon (canonical)