-gon
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A figure having a specified kind or number of angles:
后缀，表示…角形：有许多角或形的图形：
isogon.
等角多角形
语源
- Greek -gōnon [from neuter of] gōnos [angled]
希腊语 -gōnon [] 源自gōnos的中性词 [有角的] - from gōnia [angle] * see genu- 1
源自 gōnia [角] *参见 genu- 1
-gon
combining form in countable noun
indicating a figure having a specified number of angles
⇒
pentagon
Origin
from Greek -gōnon, from gōnia angle-gon
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “angled,” “angular,” used in the formation of compound words:
polygon; pentagon.
Compare gonio-.
Origin
< Greek -gōnos, derivative of gōnía angle, akin to góny knee
Related Words
- foregone
- bygone
- Catherine of Aragon
- decagon
- dodecagon
- enneagon
-gona suffix denoting geometrical figures having a certain number or kind of angles, as in polygon, pentagon.
[Greek -gōnos (neuter -gōnon) -angled, -angular]-gon
noun combining form
decagon
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -gonum, from Greek -gōnon, from gōnia angle; akin to Greek gony knee — more at knee
: figure having (so many) anglesdecagon
-gon
combining form
- in nouns denoting plane figures with a specified number of angles［用于名词］表示“…角形”：
-
hexagon
pentagon.
词源
from Greek -gōnos '-angled'.
[ 1652News fr. Lowe-Countr. 2 For 'tis not..Trigonall, or Pentagonall, Or any of the Gones at all. ]
1867–78 J. Wolstenholme Math. Probl. (ed. 2) Prob. 1853In the moving circle is described a regular m-gon..The same epicycloid may also be generated by the corners of a regular n-gon.
1898 T. J. McCormack tr. Schubert'sMath. Ess. 125He constructed an inscribed 16-gon.
1964 L. F. Tóth Regular Figures vi. 205The vertices of a regular 12-gon.
-gon
word-forming element meaning "angle, corner," from Greek gonia "corner, angle," from PIE root *genu- (1) "knee; angle" (see knee, n.).
ORIGIN: Greek -gōnos angled.
-gon
\ˌgän sometimes _gən\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -gonum, from Greek -gōnon, from gōnia angle; akin to Greek gony knee — more at knee
: figure having (so many) angles
< nonagon >
< nonagon >
-gon
Suffix
- 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 be attached directly to an English numeral with a hyphen.
- A pentagon.
- A 17-gon.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -gon