Math in Different Languages
Discover 'Math' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Math
Afrikaans wiskunde | ||
Albanian matematikë | ||
Amharic ሂሳብ | ||
Arabic الرياضيات | ||
Armenian մաթեմատիկա | ||
Assamese অংক | ||
Aymara jakhuwinaka | ||
Azerbaijani riyaziyyat | ||
Bambara matematiki | ||
Basque matematika | ||
Belarusian матэматыка | ||
Bengali গণিত | ||
Bhojpuri गणित | ||
Bosnian matematika | ||
Bulgarian математика | ||
Catalan matemàtiques | ||
Cebuano matematika | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 数学 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 數學 | ||
Corsican matematica | ||
Croatian matematika | ||
Czech matematika | ||
Danish matematik | ||
Dhivehi ހިސާބު | ||
Dogri स्हाब | ||
Dutch wiskunde | ||
English math | ||
Esperanto matematiko | ||
Estonian matemaatika | ||
Ewe akɔnta | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) matematika | ||
Finnish matematiikka | ||
French math | ||
Frisian wiskunde | ||
Galician matemáticas | ||
Georgian მათემატიკა | ||
German mathematik | ||
Greek μαθηματικά | ||
Guarani papapykuaa | ||
Gujarati ગણિત | ||
Haitian Creole matematik | ||
Hausa lissafi | ||
Hawaiian makemakika | ||
Hebrew מתמטיקה | ||
Hindi गणित | ||
Hmong lej | ||
Hungarian matek | ||
Icelandic stærðfræði | ||
Igbo ná mgbakọ na mwepụ | ||
Ilocano matematika | ||
Indonesian matematika | ||
Irish mata | ||
Italian matematica | ||
Japanese 数学 | ||
Javanese matématika | ||
Kannada ಗಣಿತ | ||
Kazakh математика | ||
Khmer គណិតវិទ្យា | ||
Kinyarwanda imibare | ||
Konkani गणीत | ||
Korean 수학 | ||
Krio mats | ||
Kurdish math | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بیرکاری | ||
Kyrgyz математика | ||
Lao ເລກຄະນິດສາດ | ||
Latin math | ||
Latvian matemātika | ||
Lingala matematike | ||
Lithuanian matematika | ||
Luganda okubala | ||
Luxembourgish mathematesch | ||
Macedonian математика | ||
Maithili गणित | ||
Malagasy matematika | ||
Malay matematik | ||
Malayalam കണക്ക് | ||
Maltese matematika | ||
Maori pangarau | ||
Marathi गणित | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯪꯀꯥ | ||
Mizo chhiarkawp | ||
Mongolian математик | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်္ချာ | ||
Nepali गणित | ||
Norwegian matte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) masamu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗଣିତ | ||
Oromo herrega | ||
Pashto ریاضی | ||
Persian ریاضی | ||
Polish matematyka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) matemática | ||
Punjabi ਗਣਿਤ | ||
Quechua ñawrayupa | ||
Romanian matematica | ||
Russian математика | ||
Samoan numera | ||
Sanskrit गणित | ||
Scots Gaelic math | ||
Sepedi mmetse | ||
Serbian математика | ||
Sesotho lipalo | ||
Shona math | ||
Sindhi رياضي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගණිතය | ||
Slovak matematika | ||
Slovenian matematika | ||
Somali xisaabta | ||
Spanish matemáticas | ||
Sundanese matematika | ||
Swahili hesabu | ||
Swedish matematik | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) matematika | ||
Tajik математика | ||
Tamil கணிதம் | ||
Tatar математика | ||
Telugu గణిత | ||
Thai คณิตศาสตร์ | ||
Tigrinya ሒሳብ | ||
Tsonga tinhlayo | ||
Turkish matematik | ||
Turkmen matematika | ||
Twi (Akan) nkontaa | ||
Ukrainian математика | ||
Urdu ریاضی | ||
Uyghur ماتېماتىكا | ||
Uzbek matematik | ||
Vietnamese môn toán | ||
Welsh mathemateg | ||
Xhosa izibalo | ||
Yiddish מאַט | ||
Yoruba isiro | ||
Zulu izibalo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'wiskunde' in Afrikaans shares its root with the Dutch word 'wiskunde', which is derived from the Latin word 'ars metrica', meaning 'metrical art' or 'measurement art'. |
| Amharic | "ሂሳብ" is etymologically related to "ስሃብ," which means "calculation" or "accounting" in Ge'ez. |
| Arabic | The word "الرياضيات" (mathematics) in Arabic comes from the root word "رياض" (riad), meaning "pasture" or "garden", reflecting the idea of mathematics as a fertile ground for intellectual growth and development. |
| Armenian | The term is also used to describe a specific subject in formal education |
| Azerbaijani | "Riyaziyyat" originates from the Arabic word "riyazi", meaning "related to mathematics or arithmetic" |
| Basque | "Matematika" has a close relation with "mat" (death) that is not present in Spanish. |
| Belarusian | The word "матэматыка" is derived from the Greek word μάθημα (máthema), which originally meant 'learning, knowledge'. |
| Bengali | The Bangla word "গণিত" also means astrology, fortune-telling, or divination. |
| Bosnian | The word 'matematika' is derived from the Greek word 'μάθημα' (máthēma), which means 'learning' or 'knowledge'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "математика" is derived from the Greek word "μάθημα", meaning "knowledge" or "learning". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the etymology of the word "matemàtiques" is linked to the Greek "máthema," meaning knowledge, and "matikós," meaning inclined or apt for knowledge. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano term "matematika" originated from the Spanish word "matemáticas", which itself derives from the Ancient Greek word "μαθηματικά" (mathematika), meaning "things that are learned". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 数学, the word for math in Chinese, also has the alternate meaning "the study of patterns" |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character "數" in "數學" means "number" and the second character "學" means "learning", so its literal meaning is "study of numbers". |
| Corsican | The word "matematica" in Corsican is derived from the Greek word "máthema," meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |
| Croatian | The word "matematika" in Croatian is derived from the Greek word "mathematikos", meaning "fond of learning." |
| Czech | The word "matematika" comes from the Greek word "μάθημα" (máthēma), which means "learning", "study", or "science". |
| Danish | Matematik was derived from the Greek words “máthema,” (meaning that which is learnt or known) and “tiké,” (meaning skill, technique, craft, or method), via Latin and French. |
| Dutch | From the Middle Dutch 'wiskunst', meaning 'knowledge that is certain'. |
| Esperanto | The word "matematiko" is derived from the Greek word "μάθημα" (máthēma), which means "learning" or "knowledge." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word “matemaatika” comes from the Greek word “μαθηματικά” (mathematika), which means “learning, knowledge”. In Estonian, besides the common meaning of “math”, it can also mean “science” in general. |
| Finnish | "Matematiikka" is a loanword from Swedish and also means "the study of mathematics" in Finnish, as the suffix "-ikka" in Finnish can be used to form nouns referring to a field of study or the process of studying something. |
| French | In French, the word "math" (pronounced "mat") also means "subject" or "topic". |
| Frisian | In some dialects of Frisian, "wiskunde" also means "calculation" or "accounting". |
| Galician | «Matemáticas» provén do grego «μάθημα» ('conocimiento') e refírese á ciencia do razonamento lóxico e abstracto. |
| Georgian | "მათემატიკა" is derived from the Greek words "μάθημα" (máthema), meaning "knowledge, study," and "μαθηματικός" (mathematikós), meaning "fond of learning," and ultimately from "μανθάνω" (manthánō), meaning "learn." |
| German | In German, 'Mathematik' is derived from the Greek word 'mathematikos,' meaning 'eager to learn.' |
| Greek | The word 'μαθηματικά' is derived from the Greek verb 'μανθάνω' (to learn), which also gives us the word 'μάθημα' (lesson). |
| Gujarati | "ગણિત" comes from the Sanskrit root गण "gaṃḈ", meaning "to compute", and is cognate with the English "gnome", meaning "a wise being". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "matematik" is thought to derive from the French word "mathématique" or the English word "mathematics". |
| Hausa | The word 'lissafi' is also a term for 'calculation' in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'makemakika' can also mean 'to measure or divide.' |
| Hebrew | The word "מתמטיקה" (math) is derived from the Greek word "μάθημα" (máthēma), which means "knowledge" or "study." |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, "ganit" also pertains to counting, calculation, measuring, and assessing. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lej" also means "count" and is related to the Thai word "lek" (นับ) with the same meaning. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, 'matek' is an alternative term for mathematics, derived from the word 'magátan', |
| Icelandic | The word "stærðfræði" comes from the Old Norse words "stærð" (size) and "fræði" (learning), and originally referred to the study of astronomy. |
| Indonesian | The word "matematika" is derived from the Greek word "μάθημα" (máthēma) meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |
| Irish | "Mata" in Irish can also mean "material" or "matter", showing its connection to the physical world. |
| Italian | The word 'matematica' derives from the Greek 'mathematikos,' meaning 'related to learning,' and ultimately from 'mathema,' meaning 'knowledge' or 'science.' |
| Japanese | "数学" (math) in Japanese is derived from the Chinese word "數學" and can also mean "the science of numbers" or "the study of quantity." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "matématika" also refers to mystical knowledge or a body of rules for a particular discipline. |
| Kannada | The word "ಗಣಿತ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "गणित" meaning "science of computation or calculation". |
| Kazakh | "Математика" is the Kazakh word for math. It originates from the Greek word "μαθηματικά" (mathematika), which means "learning" or "knowledge". |
| Korean | The Korean word "수학" ("math") originates from the Chinese phrase "counting study," highlighting its fundamental focus on numerical concepts. |
| Kurdish | The word "math" is derived from the Greek word "mathema," which means "learning" or "knowledge." |
| Latin | The Latin word "mathesis" is the source of the English word "mathematics" and originally meant "learning" or "knowledge." |
| Latvian | "Matemātika" derives from the Greek word "máthema," meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |
| Lithuanian | Alternately rendered as "matematiaka" and based on ancient Greek "mathēmatikē (τέχνη)" ("mathematical [art]"), "matematika" entered Baltic Lithuanian at some point between the 1540s-1670s. |
| Luxembourgish | "Mathematesch" is not only a loanword from French, but also has the alternative spelling "Mathematik". |
| Macedonian | In some Slavic languages, the word "математика" is derived from the Greek word "μαθηματικά," which refers to knowledge or learning in general. |
| Malagasy | Although the word ‘matematika’ is used to mean ‘mathematics’, it more specifically refers to ‘arithmetic’ |
| Malay | The word 'matematik' in Malay comes from the Arabic word 'ilm al-hisab', meaning 'science of calculation'. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'കണക്ക്' is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word 'ganita' meaning 'calculation'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'matematika' is taken from the Arabic 'mātīmātīq' which in turn derives from the Greek 'mathēmatikē' meaning 'learned'. |
| Maori | The Maori word "pangarau" also holds the meanings "to count" and "to calculate" and has a shared root with the words for "measure" and "knowledge". |
| Marathi | "गणित" is also derived from the Sanskrit word "गण", meaning "to calculate or enumerate". |
| Mongolian | The word "математик" ultimately derives from the Greek "μάθημα" (máthēma), meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |
| Nepali | The word "गणित" in Nepali derives from the Sanskrit word "गणना" meaning "counting" or "calculation". |
| Norwegian | This word also exists in Swedish and Danish, meaning 'food' in both, and 'tired' in Swedish. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "masamu" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is a loanword from Arabic and originally meant "writing" or "literature". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "ریاضی" originally meant "knowledge of the unseen" or "metaphysics," but now specifically refers to mathematics. |
| Persian | The word 'ریاضی' originated from the Arabic word 'رياضيّات' (mathematical sciences), which itself derived from the Greek word 'μαθηματικός' (studious of learning). |
| Polish | The Polish word "matematyka" derives from the Greek "máthema" which means "knowledge, learning". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, “matemática” is used for mathematics and “conta” for “math”. |
| Punjabi | ਗਣਿਤ (ganit) may also refer to 'a body of knowledge' or 'a system of computation' in Sanskrit. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "matematica" is derived from the Greek word "máthēma" meaning "knowledge," and "matikē" meaning "art." |
| Russian | In ancient Greek, "máthema" referred to both knowledge and learning, as well as the objects of that knowledge. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word for "numera" can also be understood as "numbers". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, 'math' means 'good'. |
| Serbian | The word "математика" comes from the Greek word "μάθημα" (máthēma), which means "knowledge". |
| Sesotho | "Lipalo" can refer to a particular subject in school, mathematics, or arithmetic. |
| Shona | "Math" (masvomhu) is a noun in Shona that refers to both mathematics and science, and is also used as a verb meaning "to calculate". |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "رياضي" (math) originates from Arabic and also means "sportsperson". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ගණිතය" is a Sanskrit word that means "to count" and "to calculate." |
| Slovak | The word "matematika" is derived from the Greek word "mathema," meaning "learning" or "knowledge." |
| Slovenian | The word matematika in Slovenian can also mean "arithmetic" or "geometry." |
| Somali | The word "xisaabta" also means "counting" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "matemáticas" (math) comes from the Greek word "mathema," which means "learning" or "knowledge". |
| Sundanese | "Matematika" berasal dari bahasa Sansekerta yang berarti "ilmu pengukuran" atau "ilmu hitung". |
| Swahili | Hesabu can refer both to the concept or discipline of arithmetic and to the calculation itself in Kiswahili. |
| Swedish | "Matematik" is the Swedish word for "mathematics", derived from the Greek word "máthema", meaning "knowledge" or "science". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "matematika" is derived from the Spanish word "matemáticas," which in turn comes from the Greek word "máthema," meaning "knowledge" or "study." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கணிதம்' (math) likely derives from the Sanskrit word 'गणित' (ganita), meaning 'calculation,' and can also refer to 'astrology' or 'astronomy.' |
| Telugu | The term "గణిత" can also refer to astrology or fortune-telling in Telugu. |
| Thai | คำว่า "คณิตศาสตร์" ยังหมายถึง "การคำนวณ" หรือ "การใช้เหตุผลเชิงปริมาณ" ได้อีกด้วย |
| Turkish | The word 'matematik' in Turkish derives from the Arabic word 'māṯīmātīqiyyāt', meaning 'mathematical sciences'. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "математика" also has the meaning of "mathematics". |
| Urdu | The word 'ریاضی' in Urdu is derived from the Arabic word 'رياضي,' meaning 'related to mathematics' or 'pertaining to numbers'. |
| Uzbek | The word 'matematik' is derived from the Ancient Greek word 'μάθημα' (máthema), originally meaning a lesson or study. |
| Vietnamese | The word "môn Toán" is derived from the Chinese word " toán ", which means "calculation". |
| Welsh | "Mathemateg" is a compound word "mat" and "hemateg," the latter meaning "to divide" or "to measure." |
| Xhosa | izibalo, means 'the things that are counted' in Xhosa |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word מאַט "math" is also used for the state of checkmate in chess and can sometimes be found to mean "dead" or "exhausted." |
| Yoruba | Igiro, another Yoruba term for mathematics, shares the same root as iro (knowledge, wisdom, and philosophy), indicating the interconnectedness of mathematics with other fields of knowledge in Yoruba culture. |
| Zulu | "Izibalo" in Zulu can also refer to the art of counting, or the concept of number. |
| English | "Math" comes from the Greek "μάθημα" (máthema), meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |