thematic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme +‎ -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

thematic (comparative more thematic, superlative most thematic)

1. Relating to, or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.

   He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where (UK) thematic collection is equivalent to (US) topical collection)

2. (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
3. (grammar, Indo-European studies) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
   • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.

4. (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).

Derived terms

• thematicize
• thematic map
• thematic relation
• thematic role
• thematic vowel
• thematize

 

Translations

relating to, or having a theme or a topic

• Armenian: թեմատիկ (hy) (tʻematik)
• Asturian: temáticu
• Belarusian: тэматы́чны (tematýčny)
• Bulgarian: тематичен (tematičen)
• Catalan: temàtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主體性的／主体性的, 主题性的 (zhǔtíxìngde)

• Czech: tematický (cs)
• Danish: tematisk
• Dutch: thematisch (nl)
• Esperanto: tema (eo)
• Finnish: temaattinen (fi), aiheenmukainen
• French: thématique (fr)
• Galician: temático
• German: thematisch (de)
• Hungarian: tematikus (hu)
• Italian: tematico (it)
• Japanese: 主題 (ja) (しゅだい, shudai)
• Kazakh: тақырыптық (taqyryptyq)
• Polish: tematyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: temático (pt)
• Russian: темати́ческий (ru) (tematíčeskij)
• Spanish: temático
• Swedish: tematisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: темати́чний (tematýčnyj)
• Welsh: thematig

music

• Finnish: temaattinen (fi)
• Welsh: thematig

linguistics

• Armenian: թեմատիկ (hy) (tʻematik)
• Finnish: temaattinen (fi)
• Galician: temático
• German: thematisch (de)
• Portuguese: temático (pt)
• Russian: темати́ческий (ru) (tematíčeskij)
• Welsh: thematig

Noun

thematic (plural thematics)

1. A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.
2. (linguistics) THM A case that indicates the (usually inanimate) party which is a participant to the verbal predicate where that participant does not undergo any tangible change of state.
   • 2023, John Quijada, Grammar of The New Ithkuil‎^[2]:

     The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below.

Anagrams

• mathetic