Pentagon

See also: pentagon and pentàgon

English

Etymology

From the shape of the building.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡɑn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntəɡən/
• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧gon

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Proper noun

the Pentagon

1. The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.
2. (metonymically) The United States Department of Defense.

   Synonym: Pentagram (slang)

   • 2006 August 24, Leslie Feinberg, “Many histories converged at Stonewall”, in Workers World‎^[1]:

     The Vietnamese people inspired youth of all nationalities […] by demonstrating that the determination of a people to fight for their sovereignty and right to self-determination was an unconquerable force, even in the face of Pentagon might.

Derived terms

• they hit the Pentagon

 

Translations

headquarters of the United States Department of Defense

• Arabic: بَنْتَاغُون m (bantāgōn)
• Armenian: Պենտագոն (Pentagon)
• Belarusian: Пентаго́н m (Pjentahón), Пэнтаго́н m (Pentahón)
• Catalan: Pentàgon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五角大樓／五角大楼 (zh) (Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu), 五角大廈／五角大厦 (Wǔjiǎo Dàshà)

• Dutch: Pentagon (nl) n
• Finnish: Pentagon
• French: Pentagone (fr) m
• Georgian: პენტაგონი (ṗenṭagoni)
• German: Pentagon (de) n
• Greek: Πεντάγωνο (el) n (Pentágono)
• Hebrew: פֶּנְטָגוֹן (he) m (pentagón)
• Hungarian: Pentagon (hu)
• Japanese: ペンタゴン (Pentagon), 五稜堡 (ごりょうほ, Goryōho)
• Korean: 펜타곤 (Pentagon)
• Persian: پنتاگون (pentâgon)
• Polish: Pentagon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pentágono (pt) m
• Russian: Пентаго́н (ru) (Pentagón)
• Spanish: Pentágono m
• Swedish: Pentagon (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Пентаго́н m (Pentahón)
• Vietnamese: Lầu Năm Góc, Ngũ Giác Đài

References

• The Pentagon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pantogen

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntaɡɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Pentagon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pentagons)

1. the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense.

Declension

Declension of Pentagon [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Pentagon
genitive	eines	des	Pentagons
dative	einem	dem	Pentagon
accusative	ein	das	Pentagon

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛntaˈɡoːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Pentagon n (strong, genitive Pentagon, plural Pentagone)

1. pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)

   Synonym: Fünfeck

Declension

Declension of Pentagon [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Pentagon	die	Pentagone
genitive	eines	des	Pentagon	der	Pentagone
dative	einem	dem	Pentagon	den	Pentagonen
accusative	ein	das	Pentagon	die	Pentagone

Further reading

• “Pentagon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pentagon (Fünfeck, Ministerium)” in Duden online

Japanese

Romanization

Pentagon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ペンタゴン

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pentagon.

Noun

Pentagon n (USA)

1. Pentagon