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athematic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK, US: ăthē-măt'ĭk
  • UK, US: /ˌæθiːˈmætɪk/

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adj

Meaning 1

Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English thematic English athematic From a- + thematic.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աթեմատիկ (atʻematik) — linguistics
  • Catalan: atemàtic — linguistics
  • Finnish: atemaattinen — linguistics
  • French: athématique — linguistics
  • German: athematisch — linguistics
  • Italian: atematico — linguistics
  • Polish: atematyczny — linguistics
  • Portuguese: atemático — linguistics
  • Russian: атемати́ческий (atematíčeskij) — linguistics
  • Welsh: athematig — linguistics