matemática
Asturian
Galician
Noun
matemática f (plural matemáticas)
- (chiefly in the plural) mathematics
- female equivalent of matemático
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mathematica, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικά (mathēmatiká), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.teˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.teˈma.t͡ʃi.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.tɨˈma.ti.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃikɐ, -atikɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧te‧má‧ti‧ca
Noun
matemática f (plural matemáticas)
- (uncountable) mathematics (generic designation of sciences with an essentially deductive method that have numbers, geometric figures and other abstract entities as their object of study)
- (countable) female equivalent of matemático
Further reading
- “matemática” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “matemática” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mathematica, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικά (mathēmatiká), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mateˈmatika/ [ma.t̪eˈma.t̪i.ka]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -atika
- Syllabification: ma‧te‧má‧ti‧ca
Noun
matemática f (plural matemáticas)
- female equivalent of matemático; a female mathematician
- Mi madre es matemática.
- My mother is a mathematician.
- (chiefly in the plural) mathematics
- Yo estudié matemáticas.
- I studied math.
Further reading
- “matemático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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