"mathematics, math" in seven languages

Meaningmathematics, math

Spanish

matemáticas

/mateˈmatikas/

fem.learned

Plural; colloquially mates.

French

mathématiques

/matematik/

fem.learned

Plural; colloquially les maths.

Italian

matematica

/mateˈmatika/

fem.learned

Singular in Italian.

Portuguese

matemática

/mateˈmatʃikɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

matematică

/mateˈmatikə/

fem.learned

Catalan

matemàtiques

/mətəˈmatikəs/

fem.learned

English

math

/mæθ/

from Latin/French · Latin mathēmatica (via French)

English → Italianmathematics, mathmatematicaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MATHĒMATICAM‘mathematics (from Greek mathēmatikḗ, 'of learning')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

Greek máthēma just meant 'something learned'. Spanish and French keep the plural like English 'mathematics'; Italian makes it singular.

English relatives: mathematics, polymath