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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme + -atic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/
Adjective
thematic (comparative more thematic, superlative most thematic)
- 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)
- (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
- (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), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
- (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).
Derived terms
Translations
relating to, or having a theme or a topic
Noun
thematic (plural thematics)
- A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.
- (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:
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