Meanings
adjectiveathematic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
Celtic tended to thematicize athematic verbs and to generalize a single grade of ablaut, usually the zero grade of the plural:...
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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot thematic.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Englishthematic
- Englishathematic
Translations
Catalan atemàtic
- atemàticlinguistics
Finnish atemaattinen
- atemaattinenlinguistics
French athématique
- athématiquelinguistics
German athematisch
- athematischlinguistics
Italian atematico
- atematicolinguistics
Polish atematyczny
- atematycznylinguistics
Portuguese atemático
- atemáticolinguistics
Russian атемати́ческий
- атемати́ческий (atematíčeskij)linguistics
Welsh athematig
- athematiglinguistics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with athematic
staticautomaticdemocraticsystematicatticthematicschematicaromatichepaticfanaticbureaucraticerraticlymphaticchromaticasymptomaticrheumaticidiosyncratickinematicaristocraticadiabaticemphaticasthmaticaxiomaticprismatic
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APA
athematic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athematic
MLA
“athematic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athematic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “athematic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/athematic.
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