noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
General-American:/d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/
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Australian:/d͡ʒiːˈɔm.ə.tɹi/
CMU ARPABET:JH IY0 AA1 M AH0 T R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A mathematical system that deals with spatial relationships and that is built on a particular set of axioms; a subbranch of geometry which deals with such a system or systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: often qualified in combination
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64, Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā) Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der. Latin geōmetriader. Old French geometriebor. Middle English gemetry English geometry From Middle English gemetry, geometrie, from Old French geometrie (modern French géométrie), from Latin geōmetria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs, “geometer, land measurer”), from γῆ (gê, “earth, land, country”) + -μετρία (-metría, “measurement”), from μέτρον (métron, “a measure”). By surface analysis, geometer + -y or geo- + -metry. Doublet of gematria.
Across languages
Translations
152 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
geometrie
— branch of mathematics
Afrikaans:
meetkunde
— branch of mathematics
Albanian:
gjeometri
— branch of mathematics
Albanian:
dhemasë
— branch of mathematics
Amharic:
ጂኦሜትሪ
(ǧiʾometri)
— branch of mathematics
Arabic:
هَنْدَسَة
(handasa)
— branch of mathematics
Arabic:
عِلْم اَلْهَنْدَسَة
(ʕilm al-handasa)
— branch of mathematics
Arabic:
علم المساحة
— branch of mathematics
Aragonese:
cheometría
— branch of mathematics
Armenian:
երկրաչափություն
(erkračʻapʻutʻyun)
— branch of mathematics
Assamese:
জামিতি
(zamiti)
— branch of mathematics
Assamese:
জ্যামিতি
(zyamiti)
— branch of mathematics
Asturian:
xeometría
— branch of mathematics
Azerbaijani:
həndəsə
— branch of mathematics
Belarusian:
геаме́трыя
(hjeamjétryja)
— branch of mathematics
Bengali:
জ্যামিতি
(jêmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Breton:
mentoniezh
— branch of mathematics
Bulgarian:
геоме́трия
(geométrija)
— branch of mathematics
Burmese:
ဂျီဩမေတြီ
(gyiau:me-tri)
— branch of mathematics
Catalan:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Cebuano:
sukodbutáng
— branch of mathematics
Cherokee:
ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᏓᏍᏓᏅᏅ
(disesdi dasdanvnv)
— branch of mathematics
Chinese Mandarin:
幾何 /几何
(jǐhé)
— branch of mathematics
Chinese Mandarin:
幾何學 /几何学
(jǐhéxué)
— branch of mathematics
Czech:
geometrie
— branch of mathematics
Danish:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Dutch:
geometrie
— branch of mathematics
Dutch:
meetkunde
— branch of mathematics
Esperanto:
geometrio
— branch of mathematics
Estonian:
geomeetria
— branch of mathematics
Faroese:
rúmlæra
— branch of mathematics
Faroese:
rúmfrøði
— branch of mathematics
Finnish:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Finnish:
jomma
— branch of mathematics
Finnish:
mittausoppi
— branch of mathematics
French:
géométrie
— branch of mathematics
Galician:
xeometría
— branch of mathematics
Georgian:
გეომეტრია
(geomeṭria)
— branch of mathematics
German:
Geometrie
— branch of mathematics
German:
Raumlehre
— branch of mathematics
Greek:
γεωμετρία
(geometría)
— branch of mathematics
Ancient Greek:
γεωμετρία
(geōmetría)
— branch of mathematics
Gujarati:
ભૂમિતિ
(bhūmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Hebrew:
גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה
(geométrya)
— branch of mathematics
Hindi:
ज्यामिति
(jyāmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Hindi:
रेखागणित
(rekhāgṇit)
— branch of mathematics
Hindi:
भूमिति
(bhūmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Hungarian:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Hungarian:
mértan
— branch of mathematics
Icelandic:
rúmfræði
— branch of mathematics
Ido:
geometrio
— branch of mathematics
Indonesian:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Indonesian:
ilmu ukur
— branch of mathematics
Irish:
geoiméadracht
— branch of mathematics
Irish:
céimseata
— branch of mathematics
Italian:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Japanese:
幾何学
(kikagaku)
— branch of mathematics
Kabyle:
ta nzeggit
— branch of mathematics
Kannada:
ರೇಖಾಗಣಿತ
(rēkhāgaṇita)
— branch of mathematics
Khmer:
រេខាគណិត
(reekhaa kʊənne’ta)
— branch of mathematics
Korean:
기하학
(gihahak)
— branch of mathematics
Northern Kurdish:
hindaze
— branch of mathematics
Lao:
ເລຂາຄະນິດ
(lē khā kha nit)
— branch of mathematics
Latin:
geōmetria
— branch of mathematics
Latvian:
ģeometrija
— branch of mathematics
Limburgish:
maetkónde
— branch of mathematics
Lithuanian:
geometrija
— branch of mathematics
Macedonian:
геометрија
(geometrija)
— branch of mathematics
Malay:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Malayalam:
ജ്യാമിതി
(jyāmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Manx:
towse-oaylleeaght
— branch of mathematics
Marathi:
भूमिती
(bhūmitī)
— branch of mathematics
Marathi:
रेखागणित
(rekhāgṇit)
— branch of mathematics
Marathi:
ज्यामिति
(jyāmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Norwegian Bokmål:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Norwegian Nynorsk:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Odia:
ରେଖା ଗଣିତ
(rekhā gaṇita)
— branch of mathematics
Old English:
eorþcræft
— branch of mathematics
Persian:
هندسه
(hendese)
— branch of mathematics
Polish:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Portuguese:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Punjabi:
ਰੇਖਾਗਣਿਤ
(rekhāgṇit)
— branch of mathematics
Quechua:
pacha tupuy
— branch of mathematics
Romanian:
geometrie
— branch of mathematics
Russian:
геоме́трия
(geométrija)
— branch of mathematics
Sanskrit:
रेखागणित
(rekhāgaṇita)
— branch of mathematics
Serbo-Croatian:
геометрија
— branch of mathematics
Serbo-Croatian:
geometrija
— branch of mathematics
Shona:
pimanyika
— branch of mathematics
Sindhi:
هَندِسَهَ
(hãdisaha)
— branch of mathematics
Sinhalese:
ජ්යාමිතිය
(jyāmitiya)
— branch of mathematics
Slovak:
geometria
— branch of mathematics
Slovene:
geometrija
— branch of mathematics
Spanish:
geometría
— branch of mathematics
Sundanese:
élmu ukur
— branch of mathematics
Swahili:
jiometri
— branch of mathematics
Swedish:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Tagalog:
sukgisan
— branch of mathematics
Tagalog:
heometriya
— branch of mathematics
Tajik:
ҳандаса
(handasa)
— branch of mathematics
Tajik:
геометрия
(geometriya)
— branch of mathematics
Tamil:
வடிவவியல்
(vaṭivaviyal)
— branch of mathematics
Tamil:
கேத்திர கணிதம்
(kēttira kaṇitam)
— branch of mathematics
Telugu:
జ్యామితి
(jyāmiti)
— branch of mathematics
Telugu:
రేఖాగణితం
(rēkhāgaṇitaṁ)
— branch of mathematics
Thai:
เรขาคณิต
(ray-kăa ká-nít)
— branch of mathematics
Turkish:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Ukrainian:
геоме́трія
(heométrija)
— branch of mathematics
Urdu:
اَقْلِیدَس
(aqlīdas)
— branch of mathematics
Urdu:
جِیومیٹْری
(jiomaiṭrī)
— branch of mathematics
Uzbek:
geometriya
— branch of mathematics
Vietnamese:
hình học
— branch of mathematics
Volapük:
geomet
— branch of mathematics
Welsh:
geometreg
— branch of mathematics
Yiddish:
געאָמעטריע
(geometrye)
— branch of mathematics
Zazaki:
geometri
— branch of mathematics
Armenian:
երկրաչափություն
(erkračʻapʻutʻyun)
— type of geometry
Catalan:
geometria
— type of geometry
Czech:
geometrie
— type of geometry
Danish:
geometri
— type of geometry
Finnish:
-geometria
— type of geometry
French:
géométrie
— type of geometry
Georgian:
გეომეტრია
(geomeṭria)
— type of geometry
German:
Geometrie
— type of geometry
Greek:
γεωμετρία
(geometría)
— type of geometry
Hebrew:
גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה
(geométrya)
— type of geometry
Hungarian:
geometria
— type of geometry
Italian:
geometria
— type of geometry
Latvian:
ģeometrija
— type of geometry
Macedonian:
геометрија
(geometrija)
— type of geometry