noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪˌkɒn.əˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
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General-American:/ɪˌkɑ.nəˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
Australian:/ɪˌkɔn.əˈmet.ɹɪks/
CMU ARPABET:IH0 K AA2 N AH0 M EH1 T R IH0 K S
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: economics, economic science, political economy
History
Etymology
An adaptation of the French économétrie. Coined by Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch in 1926. Compare the earlier German Oekonometrie (now generally spelt Ökonometrie), first used (in a different sense) by Polish economist Paweł Ciompa in 1910.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
অর্থমিতি
(orthomiti)
— branch of economics
Bhojpuri:
अर्थमिति
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Catalan:
econometria
— branch of economics
Chinese Mandarin:
計量經濟學 /计量经济学
(jìliàng jīngjìxué)
— branch of economics
Czech:
ekonometrie
— branch of economics
Danish:
økonometri
— branch of economics
Doteli:
अर्थमिति
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Dutch:
econometrie
— branch of economics
Estonian:
ökonomeetria
— branch of economics
Finnish:
ekonometria
— branch of economics
French:
économétrie
— branch of economics
Georgian:
ეკონომეტრია
(eḳonomeṭria)
— branch of economics
Georgian:
ეკონომეტრიკა
(eḳonomeṭriḳa)
— branch of economics
German:
Ökonometrie
— branch of economics
Greek:
οικονομετρία
(oikonometría)
— branch of economics
Gujarati:
અર્થમિતિ
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Hindi:
अर्थमिति
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Hungarian:
ökonometria
— branch of economics
Indonesian:
ekonometri
— branch of economics
Indonesian:
ekonometrika
— branch of economics
Irish:
eacnaiméadracht
— branch of economics
Italian:
econometrica
— branch of economics
Japanese:
計量経済学
(keiryōkeisaigaku)
— branch of economics
Kannada:
ಅರ್ಥಮಾಪನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
(arthamāpanaśāstra)
— branch of economics
Kannada:
ಅರ್ಥಮಿತಿ
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Khmer:
សេដ្ឋមាត្រវិទ្យា
(sed dhak mart vi tyea)
— branch of economics
Maithili:
अर्थमिति
(arthamitɨ)
— branch of economics
Malay:
ekonometrik
— branch of economics
Marathi:
अर्थमिती
(arthamitī)
— branch of economics
Nepali:
अर्थमिति
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
Norwegian:
econometrie
— branch of economics
Polish:
ekonometria
— branch of economics
Portuguese:
econometria
— branch of economics
Punjabi:
ਅਰਥਮਿਤਿ
(arathmiti)
— branch of economics
Romanian:
econometrie
— branch of economics
Russian:
экономе́трика
(ekonométrika)
— branch of economics
Russian:
экономе́трия
(ekonométrija)
— branch of economics
Spanish:
econometría
— branch of economics
Swedish:
ekonometri
— branch of economics
Telugu:
అర్థమితి
(arthamiti)
— branch of economics
