penta- / pent-
five
Greek · pente (πέντε)
Greek pénte means "five". A pentagon has five sides, a pentagram a five-pointed star, a pentathlon is five events, and the Pentagon is the five-sided US defence building.
Memory trick
PENTA sounds like "PEN-ta": a hand with five fingers holding a pen.
Words from this root
- pentagon (penta + gon) — shape with five sidesपंचभुज
- pentagonal (penta + gon + al) — five-sidedपाँच भुजाओं वाला
- pentagram (penta + gram) — five-pointed starपाँच कोनों वाला तारा
- pentathlon (penta + thlon) — five-event contestपाँच खेलों की प्रतियोगिता
- pentameter (penta + meter) — verse line of five feetपाँच पदों वाली पंक्ति
- pentane (pent + ane) — chemical with five carbonsपेंटेन
- pentad (pent + ad) — a group of fiveपाँच का समूह
- pentahedron (penta + hedron) — solid with five facesपाँच फलकों वाला ठोस
- pentacle (penta + cle) — five-pointed star symbolपाँच कोनों वाला तारा चिह्न
- pentadactyl (penta + dactyl) — having five fingers or toesपाँच उँगलियों वाला