material

material

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English

Etymology

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧al

Adjective

material (comparative more material, superlative most material)

  1. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
  2. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
    Antonym: spiritual
  3. (law, accounting) Significant.
    Antonym: immaterial
  4. Related to or characterised by excessive interest in wealth, luxury, and physical possessions; materialistic.

Synonyms

  • (related to matter): See also Thesaurus:substantial
  • (worldly): mundane
  • (significant): See also Thesaurus:pertinent

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

material (countable and uncountable, plural materials)

  2. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
  4. Text written for a specific purpose.
  6. A sample or specimens for study.
  8. Cloth to be made into a garment; fabric.
  10. A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
  12. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
  13. The substance that something is made or composed of.
  14. (graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
  15. (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:material

Derived terms

Related terms

  • matter

Translations

See also

  • materiel

Verb

material (third-person singular simple present materials, present participle materialling, simple past and past participle materialled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

Anagrams

  • Armalite

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.tə.ɾiˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ma.te.ɾiˈal]

Adjective

material m or f (masculine and feminine plural materials)

  1. material (clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun

material m (plural materials)

  1. material (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

  • matèria

Further reading

  • “material” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin materialis.

Noun

material

  1. material

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Galician

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

  1. material

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch materiaal. Doublet of materiel.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /mateˈrial/ [ma.t̪eˈri.al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧te‧ri‧al

Noun

matérial (plural material-material)

  1. material (matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “material” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • materiel, materiall, materyal, materyall, matryal

Etymology

From Latin māteriālis; equivalent to matere +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matɛriˈaːl/, /maːtɛriˈaːl/, /maˈtɛːrial/, /matɛriˈɛːl/, /maˈtɛːriɛl/

Adjective

material (plural and weak singular materiale)

  1. Extant in matter or having physical form; material.
  2. Not supernatural or spiritual; regular, conventional, worldly.
  3. Being the physical attributes or properties of a thing.
  4. Affecting or modifying physical matter or attributes.
  5. (rare) Prominent, significant.

Descendants

  • English: material

References

  • “mā̆teriāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin materiale.

Noun

material n (definite singular materialet, indefinite plural material or materialer, definite plural materiala or materialene)

  1. alternative form of materiale

Derived terms

  • råmaterial

References

  • “material” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧al

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

  1. material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
  2. material (sample or specimens for study)
    1. footage (amount of film produced)
    2. (education) resources used in class
  3. tackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)
    material escolar ― school supplies
    material de pesca ― fishing gear

Adjective

material m or f (plural materiais)

  1. (chemistry) material (relating to or composed of matter)
  2. (religion) material; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)
    Synonym: terreno
  3. (of a person, derogatory) materialistic; consumeristic (obsessed with consumer goods)
    Synonyms: materialista, consumista

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:material.

Derived terms

  • materialismo
  • materialista
  • materialmente

Related terms

  • matéria

Further reading

  • “material”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French matériel, from Latin materialis. By surface analysis, materie +‎ -al.

Noun

material n (plural materiali)

  1. material

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin māteriālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mateˈɾjal/ [ma.t̪eˈɾjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧te‧rial

Adjective

material m or f (masculine and feminine plural materiales)

  1. material

Noun

material m (plural materiales)

  1. material

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “material”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

material n

  1. a material
  2. a matter, a subject (of study)

Declension

Related terms

  • bildmaterial
  • forskningsmaterial
  • informationsmaterial
  • materialförvaltare
  • materialism
  • materialist
  • materialkategori
  • materialprovning
  • materialtyp
  • materiel
  • materiell
  • textmaterial
  • tidningsmaterial

Further reading

  • material in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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