Dictionary

mathematician en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɛθ.(ə.)məˈtəʃ.ən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌmæθ.(ə.)məˈtɪʃ.ən/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English mathematicion, from Middle French mathematicien, from mathematique f sg (“mathematics”) (from Latin mathēmatica, feminine of mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”) + -ικός (-ikós)) + Middle French -ien (from Latin -iānus). Displaced native Old English rīmcræftiga. By surface analysis, mathematic + -ian.

Meanings

1. An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.
   • The true work of the mathematician is not experienced until the later parts of graduate school, when the student is challenged to create knowledge in the form of a novel proof. 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2020:
   • I suspect that in their hearts most working mathematicians are Platonists, in that they take it as a matter of unassailable if unprovable fact that mathematical reality stands apart from the world, and is at least as real as the world, and possibly gives shape to the world, as Plato suggested. Most mathematicians would probably agree that the ratio of the circle to its diameter exists brilliantly in the nature beyond nature, and would exist even if the human mind was not aware of it, and might exist even if God had not bothered to create it. 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2020:

Forms

Deriveds

metamathematician · physicomathematician · nonmathematician · mathemagician · biomathematician · geomathematician · ethnomathematician · iatromathematician

Hyponyms

analyst · computer · geometer · calculator · number theorist · arithmetician · algebraist · statistician · combinatorialist · topologist

Synonyms

mathematicist

Translations (107)

eo matematikistino (expert in mathematics) · ru матема́тик (expert in mathematics) · grc μαθηματική (expert in mathematics) · fur matematic (expert in mathematics) · my သင်္ချာပညာရှင် (expert in mathematics) · cy mathemategydd (expert in mathematics) · nb matematiker (expert in mathematics) · mn математикч (expert in mathematics) · de Mathematiker (expert in mathematics) · hu matematikus (expert in mathematics) · sco mathematician (expert in mathematics) · mk математичар (expert in mathematics) · hy մաթեմատիկոս (expert in mathematics) · eo matematikisto (expert in mathematics) · oc matematician (expert in mathematics) · da matematiker (expert in mathematics) · pt matemático (expert in mathematics) · vo jimatematan (expert in mathematics) · io matematikistino (expert in mathematics) · ka მათემატიკოსი (expert in mathematics) · sh матема̀тича̄рка (expert in mathematics) · sl matematik (expert in mathematics) · it matematico (expert in mathematics) · frs wiskünner (expert in mathematics) · lo ນັກຄະນິດສາດ (expert in mathematics) · pt matemática (expert in mathematics) · hi गणितज्ञ (expert in mathematics) · lij matemático (expert in mathematics) · km អ្នកគណិតសាស្ត្រ (expert in mathematics) · id matematikawan (expert in mathematics) · rue математичар (expert in mathematics) · ro matematician (expert in mathematics) · uz matematik (expert in mathematics) · cs matematik (expert in mathematics) · rue рахункош (expert in mathematics) · et matemaatik (expert in mathematics) · eu matematikari (expert in mathematics) · bg математи́к (expert in mathematics) · tk matematik (expert in mathematics) · ia mathematico (expert in mathematics) · be матэма́тык (expert in mathematics) · fr mathématicienne (expert in mathematics) · sh матема̀тича̄р (expert in mathematics) · nl mathematicus (expert in mathematics) · vo himatematan (expert in mathematics) · la mathēmatica (expert in mathematics) · vo matematan (expert in mathematics) · ast matemáticu (expert in mathematics) · es matemático (expert in mathematics) · gd matamataigear (expert in mathematics) · ja 数学者 (expert in mathematics) · vi nhà toán học (expert in mathematics) · fi matemaatikko (expert in mathematics) · ca matemàtic (expert in mathematics) · hsb matematikar (expert in mathematics) · az riyaziyyatçı (expert in mathematics) · sk matematička (expert in mathematics) · cs matematička (expert in mathematics) · ga matamaiticeoir (expert in mathematics) · fa ریاضیدان (expert in mathematics) · io matematikisto (expert in mathematics) · mk математичарка (expert in mathematics) · tg риёзидон (expert in mathematics) · th นักคณิตศาสตร์ (expert in mathematics) · bg математи́чка (expert in mathematics) · tg математик (expert in mathematics) · ky математик (expert in mathematics) · grc μαθηματικός (expert in mathematics) · ar رائض (expert in mathematics) · sh matemàtičārka (expert in mathematics) · sk matematik (expert in mathematics) · sw mwanahisabati (expert in mathematics) · io matematikistulo (expert in mathematics) · el μαθηματικός (expert in mathematics) · br jedoniour (expert in mathematics) · is stærðfræðingur (expert in mathematics) · de Mathematikerin (expert in mathematics) · fy wiskundige (expert in mathematics) · tl maninipnay (expert in mathematics) · sh matemàtičār (expert in mathematics) · frr Matemaatiker (expert in mathematics) · tl sipnayanon (expert in mathematics) · la mathēmaticus (expert in mathematics) · es matemática (expert in mathematics) · it matematica (expert in mathematics) · lv matemātiķe (expert in mathematics) · uk матема́тик (expert in mathematics) · tr matematikçi (expert in mathematics) · lv matemātiķis (expert in mathematics) · pl matematyk (expert in mathematics) · cmn 數學家 /数学家 (expert in mathematics) · ca matemàtica (expert in mathematics) · nn matematikar (expert in mathematics) · kk математик (expert in mathematics) · he מָתֶמָטִיקַאי (expert in mathematics) · nl wiskundige (expert in mathematics) · sv matematiker (expert in mathematics) · frs móótmóótikker (expert in mathematics) · ro matematiciană (expert in mathematics) · sq matematikan (expert in mathematics) · gl matemático (expert in mathematics) · lt matematikas (expert in mathematics) · pl matematyczka (expert in mathematics) · fr mathématicien (expert in mathematics) · ang rīmcræftiga (expert in mathematics) · ko 수학자 (expert in mathematics) · ar رِيَاضِيّ (expert in mathematics)