-hedron

-hedron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”).

Suffix

-hedron

1. (geometry) Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Derived terms

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Related terms

• -hedra
• -hedral

Translations

solid figure

Catalan: -edre m French: -èdre (fr) m German: -eder (de) Irish: -héadrán m Italian: -edro m

Norwegian: Bokmål: -eder n Nynorsk: -eder n Spanish: -edro m Swedish: -eder (sv) c

See also

• -gon
• -choron

Anagrams

• Rhoden, dehorn, horned