Definition of pentacle - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

occult practice

TECH.

ritual charm or emblem, often showing a five-point star inside a ring

TECH.

She wore a pentacle pendant during the ceremony.
The altar was marked with a silver pentacle drawn in chalk.
He traced a pentacle in the air as part of the ritual.

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Origin of pentacle

Greek, penta (five) + -cle (diminutive suffix)

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French:pentacle, ...
German:Pentakel, ...
Italian:pentacolo, ...
Spanish:pentáculo, ...
Portuguese:pentáculo, ...
Chinese:五芒星护符, ...
Japanese:ペンタグラム, ...
Arabic:رَمْز طَقْسِيّ عَلَيْهِ نَجْمَة خُمَاسِيَّة دَاخِل دَائِرَة, ...
Hebrew:פֶּנְטַקְל, ...
Russian:пентакль, ...
Ukrainian:пентакль, ...
Hindi:पेंटेकल, ...
Bengali:পেন্টাকল, ...
Catalan:pèntacle, ...
Czech:pentakl, ...
Danish:pentacle, ...
Dutch:pentakel, ...
Greek:πεντάλφα, ...
Hungarian:pentákulum, ...
Khmer:និមិត្តសញ្ញាស័ក្តិសិទ្ធិមានផ្កាយប្រាំជ្រុងក្នុងរង្វង់, ...
Korean:펜타클, ...
Persian:پنتاکل, ...
Polish:pentakl, ...
Portuguese (BR):pentáculo, ...
Romanian:penticlă, ...
Swedish:pentakel, ...
Thai:เพนทาเคิล, ...
Turkish:pentakl, ...
Vietnamese:bùa hoặc phù hiệu dùng trong nghi lễ có hình ngôi sao năm cánh trong vòng tròn, ...

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