-gono

See also: gono, Gono, and gono-

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”).

Suffix

-gono m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gonos)

(geometry) -gon (forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles)

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -gono

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”).

Suffix

-gono

(geometry) -gon (forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -gono

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /ɡo.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /ɡo.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /ɡu.nu/

Suffix

-gono m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gonos)

(geometry) -gon (forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -gono

Further reading

“-gono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-gono”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡono/ [ˈɡo.no]
Syllabification: -go‧no

Suffix

-gono m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gonos)

(geometry) -gon (forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -gono

Further reading

“‒́gono”, 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