arithmétique

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁit.me.tik/
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Etymology

From Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica (arithmetic), arithmeticus (arithmetical), from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), (art of) counting), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, arithmetical), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, number, counting), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (to count, reason). Noun circa 1150; adjective circa 1370.

Noun

arithmétique f (usually uncountable, plural arithmétiques)

  1. arithmetic (mathematics of numbers, etc.)

Adjective

arithmétique (plural arithmétiques)

  1. arithmetic, arithmetical

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