Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

informatics

/ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
in-for-mat-ics
IPA
/ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of computer science.

Uncountable

noun

A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English informatics Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/
  • British English: /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/

Usage

Derived Forms

archaeoinformatics astroinformatics biblioinformatics cheminformatics chemoinformatics geoinformatics glycoinformatics immunoinformatics informaticist pharmacoinformatics phyloinformatics teleinformatics

Frequently Paired Words

informatic

Synonyms

computer science information science information processing ip

Rhymes With

mathematics fanatics acrobatics schematics systematics dramatics telematics statics attics automatics numismatics aerobatics

Questions

How do you pronounce informatics?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/.
What does informatics mean?
Synonym of computer science.
Where does informatics come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English informatics Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.

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