pentagram

• pentagramme (rare, archaic)

From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- +‎ -gram.

• enPR: pĕn′tə-grăm′, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɹæm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəɡɹæm
• Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram

pentagram (plural pentagrams)

2. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
   • 1871, W. J. C. Miller, editor, Mathematical Questions and Solutions, volume XV, page 47:

     Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.

   • 2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah‎^[1], page 345:

     The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.

   • 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry‎^[2], page 59:

     Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.

• pentacle
• pentalpha
• pentangle

• pentacle

• (star shape): hexagram (6-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛntaɡram]

pentagram m inan

2. (geometry) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
3. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

• “pentagram”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pentagram”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pentagram”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)

2. pentagram

• drudefod c

• “pentagram” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.taːˌɣrɑm/

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• Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram

pentagram n (plural pentagrammen, diminutive pentagrammetje n)

2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)

   Synonym: pentakel

• “pentagram” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

pentagram m (plural pentagrams)

2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
3. (music) staff or stave

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon).

• IPA^(key): /pɛnˈta.ɡram/

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• Rhymes: -aɡram
• Syllabification: pen‧ta‧gram

pentagram m inan

2. (geometry) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
3. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

• pentagram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pentagram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈpentaɡram]

pentagram m inan

2. (geometry) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
3. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

• “pentagram”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

pentagram m inan

2. (geometry) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
3. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “pentagram”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

pentagram n

2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)

• pentagram in Svensk ordbok.

• matpengar