geometer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gemeter, geometer, ultimately from Late Latin geōmetrēs, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑm.ə.tɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tə/ === Noun === geometer (plural geometers) A mathematician who specializes in geometry. Synonym: geometrist (zoology) Any species of geometrid moth (family Geometridae). ==== Synonyms ==== (mathematician): geometrician, geometrist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== == Old Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin geōmetra. First attested in the 15th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡɛɔmɛtɛr/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡɛɔmɛtɛr/ === Noun === geometer m animacy unattested (hapax legomenon) geometer (land surveyor) Synonym: miernik ==== Descendants ==== Polish: geometra === References === Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “geometer”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) K. Nitsch, editor (1958), “geometer”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 2, Wrocław, Kraków, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 409 B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “geometer”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN