mathematica

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mathēmatica (mathematics), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, mathematical).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmaː.teːˈmaː.ti.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧the‧ma‧ti‧ca
  • Rhymes: -aːtikaː

Noun

mathematica f (uncountable)

  1. (formal) mathematics
    Synonyms: mathematiek, wiskunde

Descendants

  • Indonesian: matematika

Interlingua

Noun

mathematica (plural mathematicas)

  1. mathematics
    Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile.
    According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mathēmaticus (mathematical), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, fond of learning), from μάθημα (máthēma, knowledge, learning).

Pronunciation

Noun

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

  1. mathematics

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative mathēmatica
Genitive mathēmaticae
Dative mathēmaticae
Accusative mathēmaticam
Ablative mathēmaticā
Vocative mathēmatica

Descendants

References

  • mathematica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mathematica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • mathematics: mathematica (-ae) or geometria (-ae), geometrica (-orum) (Tusc. 1. 24. 57)
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