polyhedron

English

Alternative forms

polyedron

Etymology

From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre. By surface analysis, poly- +‎ -hedron.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: pŏlēhē'drən, IPA^(key): /pɒliˈhiːdɹən/
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Noun

polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons)

(geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
(optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

Hypernyms

abstract polyhedron
polytope

Hyponyms

convex polyhedron
star polyhedron
uniform polyhedron
dual polyhedron
noble polyhedron
regular polyhedron
- Platonic solid
  - cube
- Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron
quasiregular polyhedron
- Archimedean solid
- Catalan solid
semiregular polyhedron
- Archimedean solid
- Catalan solid
- prism
- antiprism
- dipyramid
- trapezohedron
dodecahedron
hexahedron
icosahedron
octahedron
tetrahedron
deltahedron
Johnson solid
zonohedron

Translations

geometry: solid figure

Armenian: բազմանիստ (hy) (bazmanist)
Belarusian: шматгра́ннік m (šmathránnik), мнагагра́ннік m (mnahahránnik)
Bulgarian: полиедър (bg) m (poliedǎr), многостен (bg) m (mnogosten)
Catalan: poliedre (ca) m, políedre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多面體／多面体 (zh) (duōmiàntǐ)
Crimean Tatar: çoqhanelik
Czech: mnohostěn m
Danish: polyeder n
Esperanto: pluredro
Finnish: monitahokas (fi), polyedri (fi), tahokas (fi)
French: polyèdre (fr) m
German: Polyeder (de) n, Vielflach (de) n, Vielflächner (de) m
Greek: πολύεδρον n (polýedron)
Hungarian: poliéder (hu)
Icelandic: margflötungur m
Ido: poliedro (io)
Italian: poliedro (it)
Japanese: 多面体 (ja) (ためんたい, tamentai)
Kazakh: көпжақ (köpjaq)
Korean: 다면체(多面體) (ko) (damyeonche)
Latvian: daudzstūris
Macedonian: полиедар m (poliedar)
Maori: matarau
Norwegian:
Bokmål: polyeder n
Nynorsk: polyeder n
Polish: wielościan (pl) m
Portuguese: poliedro (pt) m
Romanian: poliedru (ro) n, poliedre n pl
Russian: многогра́нник (ru) m (mnogogránnik), полиэ́др (ru) m (poliédr)
Slovak: mnohosten m
Slovene: polieder m
Spanish: poliedro (es)
Swedish: polyeder (sv) c
Tagalog: damdayag
Ukrainian: багатогра́нник (uk) m (bahatohránnyk), многогра́нник (uk) m (mnohohránnyk)
Vietnamese: đa diện (vi)

polyscope — see polyscope