arithmétique

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old French arismetique, borrowed from Latin arithmētica (“arithmetic”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (arithmētikḗ), ellipsis of ἀριθμητικὴ τέχνη (arithmētikḕ tékhnē, “art of counting”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”).

    Attested circa 1150.

    Noun

    arithmétique f (usually uncountable, plural arithmétiques)

    1. arithmetic (mathematics of numbers, etc.)

    Etymology 2

      Learned borrowing from Latin arithmeticus (“arithmetical”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”).

      Attested circa 1370.

      Adjective

      arithmétique (plural arithmétiques)

      1. arithmetic, arithmetical
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