hexagonal

English

Etymology

From hexagon +‎ -al. Piecewise doublet of sexagonal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛkˈsæɡ.ə.nəl/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.ɡɵ.nəl/
• Rhymes: -æɡənəl

A hexagonal shape (cristallography)

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

   Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.

   • 2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer‎^[1]:

     If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.

2. (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

Synonyms

• sexagonal (rare)

Coordinate terms

• triclinic
• monoclinic
• orthorhombic
• rhombohedral
• tetragonal
• cubic

Derived terms

• dihexagonal
• hexagonal chess
• hexagonality
• hexagonally
• hexagonal number
• hexagonal prism
• hexagonal water
• nonhexagonal
• orthohexagonal
• pseudohexagonal
• quasihexagonal
• semihexagonal
• subhexagonal
• trihexagonal

Translations

geometry: having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: ষড়ভুজাকৃতি (śoṛbhujakriti)
• Bulgarian: шестоъгълен (šestoǎgǎlen)
• Catalan: hexagonal (ca)
• Danish: heksagonal, sekskantet
• Dutch: zeshoekig (nl), hexagonaal (nl)
• Esperanto: sesangula, seslatera
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kuusikulmainen (fi)
• French: hexagonal (fr)
• Friulian: esagonâl
• Georgian: ექვსკუთხა (ekvsḳutxa), ჰექსაგონალური (heksagonaluri)
• German: hexagonal (de), sechseckig (de)
• Greek: εξάγωνος (el) (exágonos) (having six angles), εξαγωνικός (el) (exagonikós) (having the form of a hexagon)

  Ancient Greek: ἑξάγωνος (hexágōnos)

• Hebrew: משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
• Hungarian: hatszögletű (hu)
• Icelandic: sexhyrndur
• Irish: heicseagánach
• Italian: esagonale (it)
• Kazakh: алты бұрышты (alty būryşty)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: shey-lhiatteeagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sekskantet, sekskanta

  Nynorsk: sekskanta

• Polish: sześciokątny (pl)
• Portuguese: hexagonal (pt)
• Russian: шестиуго́льный (ru) (šestiugólʹnyj)
• Slovak: šesťuholníkový
• Spanish: hexagonal (es)
• Swedish: hexagonal, sexhörnig
• Tagalog: nimsihain
• Turkish: altıgensel, hegzagonal, hekzagonal
• Ukrainian: шестику́тний (šestykútnyj)
• Welsh: hecsagonol, chweochrog
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

crystallography: having three equal axes crossing at 60° and an unequal one crossing at 90°

• Bulgarian: хексагонален (heksagonalen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六方 (zh) (liùfāng)

• Dutch: hexagonaal (nl)
• Finnish: heksagoninen (fi)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} משושה \ מְשֻׁשֶּׁה (he) m (meshushé)
• Polish: sześciokątny (pl)
• Portuguese: hexagonal (pt)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} hexagonal

Catalan

Etymology

From hexàgon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɡ.zə.ɣuˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.zə.ɣoˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.za.ɣoˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)

1. hexagonal

   escacs hexagonals

   hexagonal chess

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal/

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Adjective

hexagonal (feminine hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

   échecs hexagonaux

   hexagonal chess

2. French; specifically, related to the French mainland (l'Hexagone)

Related terms

• hexagone
• Hexagone (“France”)

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [heksaˈɣonal]

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

1. hexagonal

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

hexagonal (strong nominative masculine singular hexagonaler, not comparable)

1. hexagonal

   Synonym: sechseckig

Declension

Positive forms of hexagonal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist hexagonal	sie ist hexagonal	es ist hexagonal	sie sind hexagonal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	hexagonaler	hexagonale	hexagonales	hexagonale
	genitive	hexagonalen	hexagonaler	hexagonalen	hexagonaler
	dative	hexagonalem	hexagonaler	hexagonalem	hexagonalen
	accusative	hexagonalen	hexagonale	hexagonales	hexagonale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der hexagonale	die hexagonale	das hexagonale	die hexagonalen
	genitive	des hexagonalen	der hexagonalen	des hexagonalen	der hexagonalen
	dative	dem hexagonalen	der hexagonalen	dem hexagonalen	den hexagonalen
	accusative	den hexagonalen	die hexagonale	das hexagonale	die hexagonalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein hexagonaler	eine hexagonale	ein hexagonales	(keine) hexagonalen
	genitive	eines hexagonalen	einer hexagonalen	eines hexagonalen	(keiner) hexagonalen
	dative	einem hexagonalen	einer hexagonalen	einem hexagonalen	(keinen) hexagonalen
	accusative	einen hexagonalen	eine hexagonale	ein hexagonales	(keine) hexagonalen

Further reading

• “hexagonal” in Duden online
• “hexagonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ek.sa.ɡoˈnaw/ [ek.sa.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /e.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [e.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈna.li], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈna.li]

• Audio (Portugal (Alentejo)); [ɛ.zɐɡʷˈnaɫ]:

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• Rhymes: -al (Portugal), -aw (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: he‧xa‧go‧nal

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)

1. (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

Related terms

• hexágono

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hexagonal”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “hexagonal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “hexagonal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “hexagonal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Alternative forms

• хексагонал (hexagonal) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French hexagonal. By surface analysis, hexagon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhek.sa.ɡoˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: he‧xa‧go‧nal

Adjective

hexagonal m or n (feminine singular hexagonală, masculine plural hexagonali, feminine/neuter plural hexagonale)

1. hexagonal

   șah hexagonal

   hexagonal chess

Declension

Declension of hexagonal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	hexagonal		hexagonală		hexagonali	hexagonale
	definite	hexagonalul		hexagonala		hexagonalii	hexagonalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	hexagonal		hexagonale		hexagonali	hexagonale
	definite	hexagonalului		hexagonalei		hexagonalilor	hexagonalelor

Derived terms

• sistem hexagonal

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsaɡoˈnal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ɣ̞oˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: he‧xa‧go‧nal

Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonales)

1. hexagonal

Related terms

• hexágono

Further reading

• “hexagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)

1. hexagonal

   Synonym: sexhörnig

Declension

Inflection of hexagonal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hexagonal	—	—
neuter singular	hexagonalt	—	—
plural	hexagonala	—	—
masculine plural2	hexagonale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hexagonale	—	—
all	hexagonala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• hexagon

References

• “hexagonal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)