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mathlete

Syllables: math·lete/ˈmæθliːt/

mathlete noun: a member of the math team of a primary school or secondary school.

Noun

mathlete (plural mathletes)

  1. (US) A member of the math team of a primary school or secondary school.
    • Yo Yo Yo! All you sucka MCs ain't got nothin' on me! From my grades, to my lines you can't touch Kevin G! I'm a mathlete, so nerd is inferred, but forget what you heard […]2004, Tina Fey, Mean Girls, spoken by Kevin G (Rajiv Surendra)

mathlete meaning in Tamil

mathlete in Tamil

கணக்குப் போட்டி வீரர்

Forms of mathlete

pluralmathletes

Origin of mathlete

Blend of mathematics + athlete. The term is a registered trademark of the MathCounts organization. The term entered pop culture from the movies American Pie (1999) and Mean Girls (2004), as well as being featured in the short-lived cult TV series Freaks and Geeks. Mathletes was the name of a US national organization in the 1970s that sponsored high school mathematics competitions ("Mathletes") and junior high school competitions ("Junior Mathletes") between school teams known as "Math Teams". A team's news and results could be covered either under Sports (because it was a team competition) or Activities.

Words that rhyme with mathlete

Questions about mathlete

What does mathlete mean?
Mathlete means a member of the math team of a primary school or secondary school.
What is mathlete in Tamil?
Mathlete in Tamil is கணக்குப் போட்டி வீரர். See Mathlete meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mathlete?
Mathlete is a noun.
How do you pronounce mathlete?
Mathlete is pronounced /ˈmæθliːt/.
What is the plural of mathlete?
The plural of mathlete is mathletes.

Words near mathlete in the dictionary

  1. Mathis
  2. Mathises
  3. Mathison
  4. Mathisons
  5. Mathkoutench
  6. mathlete
  7. mathletes
  8. mathletic
  9. Mathletics
  10. mathmagician
  11. mathmagicians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mathlete (page history and authors); mathlete (Tamil 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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