Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matheme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: math-eme
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάθημα (máthēma, “lesson”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μάθημα

Inflected Forms

mathemes (plural)

Derived Forms

mathemic

Questions

What does matheme mean?: A quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.
Where does matheme come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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