List of polygons


In geometry, a polygon is traditionally a plane figure that is bounded by a finite chain of straight line segments closing in a loop to form a closed chain. These segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet are the polygon's vertices or corners.
The word polygon comes from Late Latin polygōnum, from Greek πολύγωνον, noun use of neuter of πολύγωνος, meaning "many-angled". Individual polygons are named according to the number of sides, combining a Greek-derived numerical prefix with the suffix -gon, e.g. pentagon, dodecagon. The triangle, quadrilateral and nonagon are exceptions, although the regular forms trigon, tetragon, and enneagon are sometimes encountered as well.

Greek numbers

Polygons are primarily named by prefixes from Ancient Greek numbers.
English cardinal numberEnglish ordinal numberGreek cardinal numberGreek ordinal number
onefirstheis protos
twosecondduodeuteros
threethirdtreistritos
fourfourthtettarestetartos
fivefifthpentepemptos
sixsixthhexhektos
sevenseventhheptahebdomos
eighteighthoktoogdoös
nineninthenneaenatos
tententhdekadekatos
eleveneleventhhendekahendekatos
twelvetwelfthdodekadodekatos
thirteenthirteenthtriskaidekadekatotritos
fourteenfourteenthtettareskaidekadekatotetartos
fifteenfifteenthpentekaidekadekatopemptos
sixteensixteenthhekkaidekadekatohektos
seventeenseventeenthheptakaidekadekatohebdomos
eighteeneighteenthoktokaidekadekatoögdoös
nineteennineteenthenneakaidekadekatoënatos
twentytwentietheikosieikostos
twenty-onetwenty-firstheiskaieikosieikostoprotos
twenty-twotwenty-secondduokaieikosieikostodeuteros
twenty-threetwenty-thirdtriskaieikosieikostotritos
twenty-fourtwenty-fourthtetterakaieikosieikostotetartos
twenty-fivetwenty-fifthpentekaieikosieikostopemptos
twenty-sixtwenty-sixthhekkaieikosieikostohektos
twenty-seventwenty-seventhheptakaieikosieikostohebdomos
twenty-eighttwenty-eighthoktokaieikosieikostoögdoös
twenty-ninetwenty-ninthenneakaieikosieikostoënatos
thirtythirtiethtriakontatriakostos
thirty-onethirty-firstheiskaitriakontatriakostoprotos
fortyfortiethtessarakontatessarakostos
fiftyfiftiethpentekontapentekostos
sixtysixtiethhexekontahexekostos
seventyseventiethhebdomekontahebdomekostos
eightyeightiethogdoëkontaogdoëkostos
ninetyninetiethenenekontaenenekostos
hundredhundredthhekatonhekatostos
hundred and tenhundred and tenthdekakaihekatonhekatostodekatos
hundred and twentyhundred and twentiethikosikaihekatonhekatostoikostos
two hundredtwo hundredthdiakosioidiakosiostos
three hundredthree hundredthtriakosioitriakosiostos
four hundredfour hundredthtetrakosioitetrakosiostos
five hundredfive hundredthpentakosioipentakosiostos
six hundredsix hundredthhexakosioihexakosiostos
seven hundredseven hundredthheptakosioiheptakosiostos
eight hundredeight hundredthoktakosioioktakosiostos
nine hundrednine hundredthenneakosioienneakosiostos
thousandthousandthchilioichiliostos
two thousandtwo thousandthdischilioidischiliostos
three thousandthree thousandthtrischilioitrischiliostos
four thousandfour thousandthtetrakischilioitetrakischiliostos
five thousandfive thousandthpentakischilioipentakischiliostos
six thousandsix thousandthhexakischilioihexakischiliostos
seven thousandseven thousandthheptakischilioiheptakischiliostos
eight thousandeight thousandthoktakischilioioktakischiliostos
nine thousandnine thousandthenneakischilioienneakischiliostos
ten thousandten thousandthmyrioimyriastos
twenty thousandtwenty thousandthdismyrioidismyriastos
thirty thousandthirty thousandthtrismyrioitrismyriastos
forty thousandforty thousandthtetrakismyrioitetrakismyriastos
fifty thousandfifty thousandthpentakismyrioipentakismyriastos
sixty thousandsixty thousandthhexakismyrioihexakismyriastos
seventy thousandseventy thousandthheptakismyrioiheptakismyriastos
eighty thousandeighty thousandthoktakismyrioioktakismyriastos
ninety thousandninety thousandthenneakismyrioienneakismyriastos
hundred thousandhundred thousandthdekakismyrioidekakismyriastos
two hundred thousandtwo hundred thousandthikosakismyrioiikosakismyriastos
three hundred thousandthree hundred thousandthtriakontakismyrioitriakontakismyriastos
millionmillionthhekatontakismyrioihekatontakismyriastos
two milliontwo millionthdiakosakismyrioidiakosakismyriastos
three millionthree millionthtriakosakismyrioitriakosakismyriastos
ten millionten millionthchiliakismyrioichiliakismyriastos
hundred millionhundred millionthmyriakismyrioimyriakismyriastos

Systematic polygon names

To construct the name of a polygon with more than 20 and fewer than 100 edges, combine the prefixes as follows. The "kai" connector is not included by some authors.
Extending the system up to 999 is expressed with these prefixes; the names over 99 no longer correspond to how they are actually expressed in Greek.

List of n-gons by Greek numerical prefixes