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

Galician

Noun

matemática f (plural matemáticas)

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

Adjective

matemática

1. 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/

• (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

1. feminine singular of matemático

Noun

matemática f (plural matemáticas)

1. (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)
2. (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):

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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.

Descendants

• → Tagalog: matemátiká

Adjective

matemática f sg

1. 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], 2024 December 10