hexagonal

English

Etymology

From hexagon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æɡənəl

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

  1. (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
    • 2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer[1]:
      If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.
  2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

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Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From hexàgon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əɡ.zə.ɣuˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.zə.ɣoˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.za.ɣoˈnal]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)

  1. hexagonal
    escacs hexagonals
    hexagonal chess

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

hexagonal (feminine hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)

  1. hexagonal
    échecs hexagonaux
    hexagonal chess
  2. French; specifically, related to the French mainland (l'Hexagone)

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [heksaˈɣonal]

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

  1. hexagonal

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

hexagonal (strong nominative masculine singular hexagonaler, not comparable)

  1. hexagonal
    Synonym: sechseckig

Declension

Further reading

  • hexagonal” in Duden online
  • hexagonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ek.sa.ɡoˈnaw/ [ek.sa.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /e.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [e.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈna.li], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈna.li]

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

  1. (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hexagonal. By surface analysis, hexagon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhek.sa.ɡoˈnal/

Adjective

hexagonal m or n (feminine singular hexagonală, masculine plural hexagonali, feminine and neuter plural hexagonale)

  1. hexagonal
    șah hexagonal
    hexagonal chess

Declension

Declension of hexagonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite hexagonal hexagonală hexagonali hexagonale
definite hexagonalul hexagonala hexagonalii hexagonalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite hexagonal hexagonale hexagonali hexagonale
definite hexagonalului hexagonalei hexagonalilor hexagonalelor

Derived terms

  • sistem hexagonal

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsaɡoˈnal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ɣ̞oˈnal]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: he‧xa‧go‧nal

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonales)

  1. hexagonal

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

  1. hexagonal
    Synonym: sexhörnig

Declension

Inflection of hexagonal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hexagonal
neuter singular hexagonalt
plural hexagonala
masculine plural2 hexagonale
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hexagonale
all hexagonala

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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