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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)
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thing
English
Alternative forms
- thang (slang, pronunciation spelling, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity)
- thin' (informal, pronunciation spelling)
- thinge (archaic)
- thynge (obsolete)
- ting (Caribbean creoles, MLE)
Etymology
From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-Germanic *þing?; compare West Frisian ding, Low German Ding, Dutch ding, German Ding, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ting. The word originally meant "assembly", then came to mean a specific issue discussed at such an assembly, and ultimately came to mean most broadly "an object". Compare Latin r?s, also meaning "legal matter", and same transition from Latin causa (“legal matter”) to "thing" in Romance languages. Modern use to refer to a Germanic assembly is likely influenced by cognates (from the same Proto-Germanic root) like Old Norse þing (“thing”), Swedish ting, and Old High German ding with this meaning.
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?ng, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
thing (plural things)
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (informal) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief). [from 20th c.]
- 2014, Marianna Papastephanou, Torill Strand, Anne Pirrie, Philosophy as a Lived Experience
- Frequent statements of the kind “'Race' is not a thing”, “'races,' put simply, do not exist”, “'race' (as each essay subtly shows) simply does not exist” aim to discredit Todorov's claim that a relapse to an ontology of race is at place […]
- 2019, Adam Gopnik, A Thousand Small Sanities, Riverrun 2019, p. 88:
- Conservative philosophy, in other words, is, as we say now, a thing and deserves a serious listen.
- 2014, Marianna Papastephanou, Torill Strand, Anne Pirrie, Philosophy as a Lived Experience
- (law)
- Whatever can be owned.
- Corporeal object.
- (somewhat dated, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
- 1802, Anne Ormsby, "Memoirs of a Family in Swisserland", quoted in The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal page 45:
- To go to bed late, to rise late, to breakfast late, to dine late, and to visit late, is to be “quite the thing,” or in good English, which you may understand better than the first phrase, to be in the fashion.
- 2002, Roger Nichols, The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris 1917-1929, Univ of California Press (?ISBN)
- After a slow start it became the thing to do; 'everyone went to see Pbi-Pbi, no one talked of anything but Pbi-Pbi […] '
- 1802, Anne Ormsby, "Memoirs of a Family in Swisserland", quoted in The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal page 45:
- (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
- 2011, Juliette Fay, Deep Down True: A Novel, Penguin (?ISBN)
- I came home and ate a whole thing of ice cream.
- 2011, Juliette Fay, Deep Down True: A Novel, Penguin (?ISBN)
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (slang) A penis.
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:
- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:
- A living being or creature.
- That which matters; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- 1914, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, The Movie Man [playscript]:
- Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing. (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)
- 1914, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, The Movie Man [playscript]:
- (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- 1974, Jón Jóhannesson, A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Íslendinga Saga, translated by Haraldur Bessason, page 46:
- In accordance with Old Germanic custom men came to the thing fully armed, [...]
- 1974, Jakob Benediktsson, Landnám og upphaf allsherjarríkis, in Saga Íslands, quoted in 1988 by Jesse L. Byock in Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, page 85:
- The goðar seem both to have received payment of thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing, and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions.
- 1988, Jesse L. Byock, Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, page 59:
- All Icelandic things were skap-thing, meaning that they were governed by established procedure and met at regular legally designated intevals at predetermined meeting places.
- 1974, Jón Jóhannesson, A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Íslendinga Saga, translated by Haraldur Bessason, page 46:
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
Synonyms
- (referent that can be used to refer to any entity): item, stuff (uncountable equivalent), yoke (Ireland)
- (penis): see Thesaurus:penis
- (personal preference): see Thesaurus:predilection
Derived terms
Related terms
- diminutives: thingy / thingie, thingo [Aus]
Translations
Further reading
- thing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- thing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
thing (third-person singular simple present things, present participle thinging, simple past and past participle thinged)
- (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
Anagrams
- Night, night
Khumi Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thi?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si?. Cognates include Mizo thing and Zou sing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
Noun
thing
- firewood
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?[1], Payap University, page 44
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thinge, ðhing
Etymology
From Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing.
Noun
thing (plural thinges)
- thing
Descendants
- English: thing
- Scots: thing, ting, hing
- Yola: dhing
References
- “thing, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Mizo
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si?. Akin to Khumi Chin thing.
Noun
thing
- tree
- wood
- firewood
References
- Matisoff, James A., Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman, University of California Press.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þing?.
Noun
thing n
- thing, object
- case, matter, issue
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: dinc
- Dutch: ding
- Afrikaans: ding
- Limburgish: dink, ding
- Dutch: ding
Further reading
- “think”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Alternative forms
- ding, dink
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þing?
Noun
thing n
- thing, object
- matter, case
Declension
Descendants
- Middle High German: ding
- Cimbrian: ding
- German: Ding
- Luxembourgish: Déngen
- Pennsylvania German: Ding
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Old Dutch thing, Old Frisian thing, Old English þing, Old High German ding, Old Norse þing.
Noun
thing n
- thing, object
- matter, case
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: dink
- German Low German: Ding
- Plautdietsch: Dinkj
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