different between material vs particular

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)

1. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
   • 1913, Alfred Bowyer Sharpe, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Evil

     the material elements of the universe

2. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.

   Antonym: spiritual

3. (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)

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.

   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

10. The 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. (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)

1. (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.

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)

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) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Galician

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

1. 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)

1. 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)

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

• “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)

1. 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)

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)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:material.

Adjective

material m or f (plural materiais, comparable)

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.

Romanian

Etymology

From French matériel, from Latin materialis.

Noun

material n (plural materiali)

1. material

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin m?teri?lis.

Adjective

material (plural materiales)

1. material

Noun

material m (plural materiales)

1. material

Derived terms

• materialmente
• material particulado

Related terms

• materialismo
• materialista
• materia

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)

English

Alternative forms

• perticular (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle +? -ar. Compare particle.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
• (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA^(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
• Hyphenation: par?tic?u?lar
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)

Adjective

particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular) (also non-comparable)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
2. Specific; discrete; concrete.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:specific

   Antonym: general
3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

   Synonyms: optimized, specialistic

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens

     wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth

4. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:

     or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.

5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

6. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.

   Synonyms: minute, precise, fastidious; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous

8. (law) Containing a part only; limited.

9. (law) Holding a particular estate.
10. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• particular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

particular (plural particulars)

1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man

     temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public […] or such as concern our particular

3. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]

Related terms

• universal
• for one's particular

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particularis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.ti.ku?la/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.ti.ku?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa?.ti.ku?la?/

Adjective

particular (masculine and feminine plural particulars)

1. private
2. particular

Derived terms

• particularment

Related terms

• partícula
• particularitat

Further reading

• “particular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “particular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “particular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “particular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particul?ris, corresponding to partícula +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /p??.ti.ku.?la?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa?.?t??i.ku.?la?/, [p??.?t??i.k?.?l?ä?]
• Hyphenation: par?ti?cu?lar

Adjective

particular m or f (plural particulares, comparable)

1. private (concerning, accessible or belonging to an individual person or group)
2. private (not belonging to the government)

   Synonym: privado

   Antonym: público

3. particular; specific

   Synonym: específico

4. particular; distinguished; exceptional

   Synonym: excepcional

Inflection

Derived terms

• em particular

Related terms

• partícula

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin particul?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?tiku?la?/, [pa?.t?i.ku?la?]

Adjective

particular (plural particulares)

1. specific, particular

   Synonyms: concreto, específico

2. peculiar, strange

   Synonyms: raro, extraño

3. personal

   Synonym: íntimo

4. private

   Synonym: privado

Related terms

• partícula

Noun

particular m (plural particulares)

1. individual, private citizen

Further reading

• “particular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.