English Explanatory Dictionary

mathematician

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.

Pronunciation

/ˌmæθ.(ə.)məˈtɪʃ.ən/ En-us-mathematician.ogg /ˌmɛθ.(ə.)məˈtəʃ.ən/ /mat̪ʰ(ə)maʈiʃ(ɪ)jən/

Word forms

mathematician mathematicians mathematitian

Etymology

From Middle English mathematicion, from Middle French mathematicien, from mathematique f sg (“mathematics”) (from Latin mathēmatica, feminine of mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”) + -ικός (-ikós)) + Middle French -ien (from Latin -iānus). Displaced native Old English rīmcræftiga. By surface analysis, mathematic + -ian.

Synonyms

mathematicist

Derived words

biomathematician ethnomathematician geomathematician iatromathematician mathemagician metamathematician nonmathematician physicomathematician
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