géométrie

See also: Geometrie, and geometrie

French

Une femme qui enseigne la géométrie.

Etymology

From géo- +‎ -métrie, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμετρέω (geōmetréō, “to practice or to profess geometry, to measure, to survey land”), from γαία (gaía, “earth, land, country”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure, to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɔ.me.tʁi/

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• Homophone: géométries
• Hyphenation: gé‧o‧mé‧trie

Noun

géométrie f (plural géométries)

1. (mathematics) geometry

   géométrie euclidienne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie différentielle ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie projective ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie algébrique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie sphérique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie hyperbolique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie synthétique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie elliptique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie analytique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie symplectique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   géométrie métrique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Holonyms

• mathématiques

Derived terms

• à géométrie variable
• géométrique
• géométriser

Further reading

• “géométrie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.