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/

• (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
2. (countable) female equivalent of matemático

Further reading

• “matemática”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “matemática”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “matemática”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁-der.

Proto-Hellenic *məntʰánō

Ancient Greek μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek μᾰ́θημᾰ (mắthēmă)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós)bor.

Latin mathēmaticus

Latin mathēmaticader.

Spanish matemática

Derived from Latin mathēmatica, from mathēmaticus (“mathematical”), borrowed from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μᾰ́θημᾰ (mắthēmă, “learning; mathematics”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjective suffix).

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. (in the plural) mathematics

   Yo estudié matemáticas.

   I studied math.

3. (uncountable, used somewhere in Latin America) mathematics

   Yo estudié matemática.

   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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025