matemática

matemática

See also: matematica, matemàtica, and matematică

Asturian

Noun

matemática f (plural matemátiques)

1. female equivalent of matemáticu
2. mathematics

Adjective

matemática

1. feminine singular of matemáticu

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Galician

Noun

matemática f (plural matemáticas)

1. (chiefly in the plural) mathematics
2. female equivalent of matemático

Adjective

matemática

1. feminine singular of matemático

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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/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈma.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈma.t͡ʃi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tɨˈma.ti.kɐ/

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˌma.te.ˈma.ti.kɐ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧má‧ti‧ca

Noun

matemática f (uncountable)

1. mathematics
2. (countable) female equivalent of matemático (mathematician)

Adjective

matemática f sg

1. feminine singular of matemático

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mathematica, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικά (mathēmatiká), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mateˈmatika/ [ma.t̪eˈma.t̪i.ka]

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• Rhymes: -atika
• Syllabification: ma‧te‧má‧ti‧ca

Noun

matemática f (plural matemáticas)

1. female equivalent of matemático; a female mathematician

   Mi madre es matemática.

   My mother is a mathematician.

2. (chiefly in the plural) mathematics

   Yo estudié matemáticas.

   I studied math.

Adjective

matemática f sg

1. feminine singular of matemático

Further reading

• “matemático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014