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Archimedes

/ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz//ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/

Archimedes proper noun: a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).

Proper noun

Archimedes

  1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
  2. A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

Archimedes meaning in Kannada, Arabic and Persian

Archimedes in Kannada

ಆರ್ಕಿಮಿಡೀಸ್

Archimedes in Arabic

an ancient Greek mathematician
أَرْخِمِيدَس ʔarḵimīdas, أَرْشِمِيدَس m) ʔaršimīdas
a large lunar impact crater
أَرْخِمِيدَس ʔarḵimīdas, أَرْشِمِيدَس m) ʔaršimīdas

Archimedes in Persian

an ancient Greek mathematician
ارشمیدس aršemides
a large lunar impact crater
ارشمیدس aršemides

Forms of Archimedes

alternative formArkhimedes

Origin of Archimedes

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

Words formed from Archimedes

Phrases with Archimedes

Questions about Archimedes

What does Archimedes mean?
Archimedes means a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
What is Archimedes in Kannada?
Archimedes in Kannada is ಆರ್ಕಿಮಿಡೀಸ್. See Archimedes meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is Archimedes?
Archimedes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Archimedes?
Archimedes is pronounced /ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz/.

Words near Archimedes in the dictionary

  1. Archimedean solid
  2. Archimedean solids
  3. Archimedean spiral
  4. Archimedean spirals
  5. Archimedeans
  6. Archimedes
  7. Archimedes number
  8. Archimedes numbers
  9. Archimedes screw
  10. Archimedes screws
  11. Archimedes' constant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Archimedes (page history and authors); archimedes (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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