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Math Terms

This page provides a comprehensive list of French math terms. The table (see below vocabulary list) covers basic operations, equations, essential vocabulary as well as the various kinds of math.

Math

French mathematics vocabulary

The following list covers basic mathematic operations.

  • une opération mathématique mathematical operation
  • ajouter to add
  • l’addition addition
  • soustraire to substract
  • moins minus
  • multiplier to multiply
  • la multiplication multiplication
  • multiplié par multiplied by
  • la table de multiplication multiplication table
  • diviser to divide
  • la division division
  • divisé par divided by
  • élever a une puissance to raise to a power
  • carré squared
  • au cube cubed
  • à la quatrième puissance to the fourth power
  • à la puissance de to the power of
  • extraire la racine to extract a root
  • la racine au carré square root
  • la racine cubique cube root
  • à la racine n nth root

The following list covers more essential vocabulary.

  • binaire binary (adj)
  • un nombre binaire binary number
  • calculer to calculate
  • un nombre pair even number
  • un nombre impair odd number
  • un nombre entier whole number
  • un nombre premier prime number
  • un chiffre digit
  • négatif negative (adj)
  • positif positive (adj)
  • un calcul calculation
  • un nombre cardinal cardinal number
  • une constante constant
  • compter to count
  • comptable countable
  • décimal (adj) decimal
  • une virgule decimal
  • la difference difference
  • la division complexe long division
  • l’equalité equality
  • est égale à equals
  • n’est pas égale à does not equal
  • est équivalent à is equivalent to
  • est supérieur à is greater than
  • est inférieur à is less than
  • une équation equation
  • un exposant exponent
  • une fraction fraction
  • un facteur factor
  • mettre en facteurs to factor
  • une fonction function
  • un graphe graph
  • un logarithme logarithm
  • un multiple multiple
  • pour cent percent
  • un pourcentage percentage
  • un problème de math math problem
  • résoudre un problème de math to solve a math problem
  • le produit product
  • un quotient quotient
  • un ensemble set
  • une solution solution
  • le calcul sum
  • sommer, additionner to sum
  • un symbole symbol
  • une variable variable

This list covers different branches of math.

  • l’algèbre (f) algebra
  • l’arithmétique (f) arithmetic
  • le calcul infinitésimal calculus
  • la géométrie geometry
  • la analyse grammaticale mathematical analysis
  • la théorie des nombres number theory
  • les statistiques (fp) statistics
  • la topologie topology
  • la trigonométrie trigonometry

The following table goes over basic operations.

In French you can say both 1) un plus on égale deux and 2) un plus un font deux .

  • Numbers 1-100
  • School Words
  • Classroom Commands
  • School Subjects
  • approximate numbers

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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