pentagram

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English

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pentagram (noun sense 1)

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Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PENTAGRAM πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- +‎ -gramCategory:English terms prefixed with penta-#GRAMCategory:English terms suffixed with -gram#PENTAGRAM.

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram (plural pentagrams)Category:English lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:English nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:English countable nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PENTAGRAM
    • 2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah‎, 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PENTAGRAM
    • 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry‎, page 59:
      Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PENTAGRAM

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Czech

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pentagram (sense 1)

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Czech nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Czech masculine nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. (geometryCategory:cs:Geometry#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
  3. (occultCategory:cs:Occult#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (magical symbol)

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Danish

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pentagram (sense 1)

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Noun

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)Category:Danish lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Danish nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Danish neuter nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. pentagram

Declension

Declension of pentagram
neuter
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pentagram pentagrammet pentagrammer pentagrammerne
genitive pentagrams pentagrammets pentagrammers pentagrammernes

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Dutch

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pentagram (sense 1)

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram n (plural pentagrammen, diminutive pentagrammetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Dutch nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#PENTAGRAMCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
    Synonym: pentakel

References

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

Friulian

pentagram (sense 1)

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Noun

pentagram m (plural pentagrams)Category:Friulian lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Friulian nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Friulian entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Friulian masculine nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
  3. (musicCategory:fur:Music#PENTAGRAM) staff or stave

Polish

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pentagram (sense 1)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient GreekCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek#PENTAGRAM πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon).

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish masculine nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. (geometryCategory:pl:Geometry#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
  3. (occultCategory:pl:Occult#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (magical symbol)

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adjective

Further reading

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

Slovak

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pentagram (sense 1)

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram m inanCategory:Slovak lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovak nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovak inanimate nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. (geometryCategory:sk:Geometry#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
  3. (occultCategory:sk:Occult#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (magical symbol)

Declension

Further reading

  • “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, 2003–2026

Slovene

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pentagram (sense 1)

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Noun

pentagram m inanCategory:Slovene lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovene nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovene masculine inanimate nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovene masculine nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Slovene inanimate nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. (geometryCategory:sl:Geometry#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)
  3. (occultCategory:sl:Occult#PENTAGRAM) pentagram (magical symbol)

Declension

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Category:Requests for inflections in Slovene noun entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Requests for inflections in Slovene entries#PENTAGRAM

Further reading

  • “pentagram”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

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pentagram (sense 1)

Pronunciation

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Noun

pentagram nCategory:Swedish lemmas#PENTAGRAMCategory:Swedish nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PENTAGRAMCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with entries#PENTAGRAMCategory:Pages with 9 entries#PENTAGRAM

  2. pentagram (shape of five-pointed star)

Declension

Further reading

  • “pentagram”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

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