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)

(formal) mathematics
Synonym: wiskunde

Related terms

mathematisch
mathematicus

Descendants

→ Indonesian: matematika

Interlingua

Noun

mathematica (plural mathematicas)

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

mathēmaticē

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.tʰeːˈma.ti.ka/, [mät̪ʰeːˈmät̪ɪkä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈma.ti.ka/, [mät̪eˈmäːt̪ikä]

Noun

mathēmatica f (genitive mathēmaticae); first declension

mathematics

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Descendants

English: mathematics
French: mathématiques
German: Mathematik
Italian: matematica
Polish: matematyka
Portuguese: matemática
Romanian: matematică
Spanish: matemática

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)