matemática
Asturian
Noun
matemática f (plural matemátiques)
- female equivalent of matemáticu
- mathematics
Adjective
matemática
- feminine singular of matemáticu
Galician
Noun
matemática f (plural matemáticas)
- (chiefly in the plural) mathematics
- female equivalent of matemático
Adjective
matemática
- feminine singular 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
Adjective
matemática f sg
- feminine singular of matemático
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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “matemática”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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.
Descendants
- → Tagalog: matemátiká
Adjective
matemática f sg
- feminine singular of matemático
Further reading
- “matemático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024