arithmétique
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁit.me.tik/
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Etymology 1
From Old French arismetique, borrowed from Latin arithmētica (“arithmetic”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (arithmētikḗ), ellipsis of ἀριθμητικὴ τέχνη (arithmētikḕ tékhnē, “art of counting”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”).
Attested circa 1150.
Noun
arithmétique f (usually uncountable, plural arithmétiques)
- arithmetic (mathematics of numbers, etc.)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin arithmeticus (“arithmetical”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”).
Attested circa 1370.
Adjective
arithmétique (plural arithmétiques)
- arithmetic, arithmetical
Derived terms
- arithmétiquement
- moyenne arithmétique
Further reading
- “arithmétique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.