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pentangle

pentangle

1 9.5
A five-pointed star you draw by joining the corners of a five-sided shape with five straight lines
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛnˌtæŋɡəl/
translation icon : pentáculo
  • Maybe that pentangle was for something supernatural.

Examples

  • The pentangle!

    The Last Legion (2007)

  • For generations. it lay in a secret place. marked by the sign of a pentangle. and as it was written. under the very gaze of Caesar.

    The Last Legion (2007)

  • It's a pentangle, a five-pointed star.

    An American Werewolf in London (1981)

  • The Pentangle!

    Commando Ninja (2018)

  • The pentangle.

    The Last Legion (2007)

  • The cutting edge he tempered in the blood of a lion, and see here... he carved the pentangle, a symbol of faith and truth, so whoever held this sword would have faith and know that it would serve one cause, and one cause only.

    The Last Legion (2007)

  • Now, after the election, all of a sudden, Petraeus gets caught with his pants down, the media jumps on a sex pentangle, and then he admits, behind closed doors, that he knew it was Al Qaeda all along and that somebody changed the terminology.

    Blog text (27)

  • This may have left pentacle, pentagram, or pentangle ripe for blood magic ritual, but it was Leonardo's Golden Proportions that sooner came to mind.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Good-luck kitchen-witches (for $2.49 plus tax); witch travel mugs; brass pentangles; witches' caps (for $3.95).

    Academic text (1992)

  • The artist drew a beautiful pentangle, its five points shining against the canvas.

Synonyms

pentagram
vspentangle
  • Literature
20 7.3

A five-pointed star made by drawing five straight lines that meet

is the geometric five-pointed star form rather than a symbolic emphasis
pentacle
vspentangle
  • Literature
3 9.9

A five-pointed star made of straight lines, used as a magic symbol

is the general geometric form without the specific magical use
pentagram design
vspentangle
7.6

A pattern of a five-pointed star used as a symbol in magic or culture

is the precise geometric construction rather than a decorative depiction

Surface Forms

pentangle singular
pentangles plural

Morphology

pentangle = angle (semi-transparent) = pent + angle

The element 'angle' is clear, but the combining form 'pent-' (meaning five) is a less familiar learned prefix for many learners, so the composition is partly but not fully transparent.

Etymology

Pentangle comes from penta- meaning 'five' and angle meaning 'corner' or 'point', just like in pentagon. So a pentangle is a five-pointed star made by drawing lines between the five corners of a pentagon.