thematic

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/

Adjective

thematic (comparative more thematic, superlative most thematic)

1. Relating to, or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.

   He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where thematic collection = topical collection)

2. (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
3. (linguistics) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
4. (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).

Translations

relating to, or having a theme or a topic

• Armenian: թեմատիկ (hy) (tʻematik)
• Catalan: temàtic (ca)
• Czech: tematický (cs)
• Dutch: thematisch (nl)
• Esperanto: tema (eo)
• Finnish: temaattinen (fi), aiheenmukainen
• French: thématique (fr) m or f
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• German: thematisch (de)
• Italian: tematico (it)
• Kazakh: тақырыптық (taqyryptyq)
• Polish: tematyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: temático (pt)
• Russian: темати́ческий (ru) (tematíčeskij)
• Spanish: temático

music

• Finnish: temaattinen (fi)
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linguistics

• Armenian: թեմատիկ (hy) (tʻematik)
• Finnish: temaattinen (fi)
• German: thematisch (de)
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• Portuguese: temático (pt)
• Russian: темати́ческий (ru) (tematíčeskij)

Noun

thematic (plural thematics)

1. A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.