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material
English
Etymology
From Middle English material, from Late Latin m?teri?lis, from Latin m?teria (“wood, material, substance”), from m?ter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??t??i.?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??t?????l/
- Hyphenation: ma?te?ri?al
Adjective
material (comparative more material, superlative most material)
- Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
- 1913, Alfred Bowyer Sharpe, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Evil
- the material elements of the universe
- 1913, Alfred Bowyer Sharpe, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Evil
- Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
- Antonym: spiritual
- (law, accounting) Significant.
- discourse, which was always material, not trifling
- I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose.
- Antonym: immaterial
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)
- Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
- Text written for a specific purpose.
- A sample or specimens for study.
- Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
- The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
- Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
- The substance that something is made or composed of.
- (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.
Usage notes
- Sense 4 ("cloth" or "fabric") rather awkwardly uses material to refer to a holonym (or subgroup, or, in this case, a more specific iteration) of itself. "Fabric" or "cloth" are more specific (or put another way, less vague) choices of word than "material" when referring to a textile.
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)
- (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same state after death as before it was materialled unto life.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
Anagrams
- Armalite
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin materialis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /m?.t?.?i?al/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ma.te.?i?al/
Adjective
material (masculine and feminine plural materials)
- material (clarification of this definition is needed)
Noun
material m (plural materials)
- 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
- material
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Galician
Noun
material m (plural materiais)
- material
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch materiaal, from Middle Dutch materiael, from Middle French material, from Old French material, from Latin m?teri?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma.te?ri.al]
- Hyphenation: ma?té?ri?al
Noun
material (plural material-material, first-person possessive materialku, second-person possessive materialmu, third-person possessive materialnya)
- material: matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Related terms
Further reading
- “material” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- materiel, materiall, materyal, materyall, matryal
Etymology
From Latin m?teri?lis; equivalent to matere +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat?ri?a?l/, /ma?t?ri?a?l/, /ma?t??rial/, /mat?ri???l/, /ma?t??ri?l/
Adjective
material (plural and weak singular materiale)
- Extant in matter or having physical form; material.
- Not supernatural or spiritual; regular, conventional, worldly.
- Being the physical attributes or properties of a thing.
- Affecting or modifying physical matter or attributes.
- (rare) Prominent, significant.
Descendants
- English: material
References
- “m??teri?l, 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)
- alternative form of materiale
Derived terms
- råmaterial
References
- “material” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin m?teri?lis, from Latin m?teria (“wood, material, substance”), from m?ter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.te.?i.?aw/, /ma.te.??jaw/
- Hyphenation: ma?te?ri?al
Noun
material m (plural materiais)
- material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
- material (sample or specimens for study)
- footage (amount of film produced)
- (education) resources used in class
- tackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:material.
Adjective
material m or f (plural materiais, comparable)
- (chemistry) material (relating to or composed of matter)
- (religion) material; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)
- Synonym: terreno
- (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.
Romanian
Etymology
From French matériel, from Latin materialis.
Noun
material n (plural materiali)
- material
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin m?teri?lis.
Adjective
material (plural materiales)
- material
Noun
material m (plural materiales)
- material
Derived terms
- materialmente
- material particulado
Related terms
- materialismo
- materialista
- materia
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
material n
- a material
- 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)
material From the web:
- what material is viscose
- what materials are magnetic
- what material is modal
- what materials are good insulators
- what material is fleece
- what materials combined to form the topsoil
- what material is polyester
- what materials can be 3d printed
elements
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?el.?.m?nts/, /??l.?.m?nts/
- Hyphenation: el?e?ments
Noun
elements
- plural of element
Noun
elements pl (plural only)
- Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain.
- The basic tenets of an area of knowledge.
- The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
Translations
Anagrams
- steelmen
Catalan
Noun
elements
- plural of element
Latvian
Noun
elements m (1st declension)
- element
- couple
- member
- unit
- cell (component of an electrical battery)
Declension
Swedish
Noun
elements
- indefinite genitive singular of element
- indefinite genitive plural of element
elements From the web:
- what elements make up proteins
- what elements make up carbohydrates
- what elements make up lipids
- what elements are metalloids
- what elements are liquid at room temperature
- what elements are in carbohydrates
- what elements are found in proteins
- what elements make up water
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