pentagram
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the…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.
» A pentagram is a five-pointed star.
Пентаграмма — это пятиконечная звезда.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.
Pentagramm
пентагра́ммаpentagrámma
пентагра́маpentahráma
a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
Examples
5 sentencesA pentagram is a five-pointed star.
ruПентаграмма — это пятиконечная звезда.
The torches were arranged in a pentagram.
The pentagram is an important symbol in witchcraft.
deDer Drudenfuß ist ein wichtiges Symbol in der Hexerei.
Ziri found a pentagram in the middle of the clearing.
Damiano found pentagrams drawn in permanent marker on the wall.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram.
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