material

See also Material, materiál, and materiał

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English material, from Late Latin materialis, from Latin materia "wood, material, substance" from mater "mother". Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)).

Adjective

material (comparative more material, superlative most material)

1. Having to do with matter.

   This compound has a number of interesting material properties.

2. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.

   Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a good life.

3. Significant.

   You've made several material contributions to this project.

   This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.

Antonyms

• (wordly): spiritual
• (significant): immaterial

Derived terms

Terms derived from material (adjective)

material breach material cause

material girl

material world

Translations

related to matter

• Catalan: material (ca)
• Czech: materiálový (cs)
• Danish: materiel (da)
• Dutch: materieel, materiële
• Finnish: materiaali (fi)
• Galician: material (gl) f,m
• German: materiell (de)
• Greek: υλικός (el) (ylikós) 
• Hungarian: anyagi (hu)

• Italian: materiale (it) m
• Latin: corporeus (la) m
• Norwegian: materiell (no)
• Romanian: material (ro) m and n, materială (ro) f
• Russian: материальный (ru) (matériálʹnyj) 
• Spanish: material (es)
• Swedish: materiell (sv), compounds with materia (sv) c and material (sv) n
• Volapük: stöfik (vo)

worldly

• Catalan: material (ca)
• Czech: hmotný (cs), materiální (cs)
• Danish: materiel (da)
• Dutch: materieel, materiële, wereldlijk, wereldlijke
• Finnish: materiaali (fi)
• French: matériel (fr)
• Galician: material (gl) f,m
• German: materiell (de)
• Greek: υλικός (el) (ilikós) 

• Italian: materiale (it)
• Norwegian: materiell (no)
• Persian: مادی (fa) (mâddi)
• Polish: materialny (pl) m
• Romanian: material (ro) m and n, materială (ro) f
• Russian: материальный (ru) (matériálʹnyj) 
• Spanish: material (es)
• Swedish: materiell (sv), världslig (sv)

significant

• Finnish: merkittävä (fi), olennainen (fi)
• Galician: significativo (gl) m, significativa (gl) f
• Greek: ουσιώδης (el) (usiódis) m , καίριος (el) (kérios) m 

• Russian: важный (ru) (vážnyj) 
• Spanish: significativo (es)

Noun

Wikipedia material (plural materials)

1. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128: 

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

   Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.

2. Text written for a specific purpose.

   We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.

3. A sample or specimens for study.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

4. Cloth to be made into a garment.

   You'll need about a yard of material to make this.

5. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.

   John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:material

Derived terms

Terms derived from material (noun)

materialism materialist

material science materials science

postmaterialism postmaterialist

Related terms

• matter

Translations

matter

• Arabic: مادة (ar) (mādda) f
• Belarusian: матэрыял (be) (materyjál) m 
• Bulgarian: материал (bg) (materiál) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物質 (cmn), 物质 (cmn) (wùzhì, wùzhí), 材料 (cmn) (cáiliào)

• Czech: materiál (cs) m
• Danish: materiale (da) n
• Dutch: materiaal n, grondstof f
• Esperanto: materialo (eo)
• Finnish: materiaali (fi), raaka-aine (fi)
• French: matériau (fr), matière (fr)
• Galician: material (gl) m
• German: Material (de) n, Rohstoff (de) m
• Hebrew: חומר (he) ("homer) m
• Irish: mianach (ga) m
• Italian: materiale (it)

• Japanese: 物質 (ja) (ぶっしつ, busshitsu), 材料 (ja) (ざいりょう, zairyō)
• Korean: 물질 (ko) (muljil) (物質 (ko)), 재료 (ko) (jaeryo) (材料 (ko))
• Latin: materia (la) f
• Norwegian: materiale (no) n
• Polish: materiał (pl) m
• Romanian: material (ro) n, materie (ro) f
• Russian: материал (ru) (materiál) m , вещество (ru) (veščestvó) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: материјал (sh) m

  Roman: materijal (sh) m

• Spanish: material (es) m
• Swedish: material (sv) n
• Ukrainian: матеріал (uk) (materiál) m 
• Vietnamese: vật chất (vi) (物質 (vi))

text

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資料 (cmn), 资料 (cmn) (zīliào)

• Danish: materiale (da) n, stof (da) n
• Dutch: materiaal (nl) n
• Finnish: aineisto (fi)
• French: matériel (fr)
• German: Material (de) n
• Hebrew: חומר (he) (khomer) m

• Japanese: 資料 (ja) (しりょう, shiryō), 題材 (ja) (だいざい, daizai)
• Latin: verba scriptoris (la) f pl
• Norwegian: stoff (no)
• Persian: مطلب (fa) (matlab)
• Romanian: material (ro) n
• Russian: материал (ru) (materiál) m 
• Swedish: material (sv) n

sample or specimens for study

• French: matériel (fr) m
• Romanian: material (ro) n

• Russian: материал (ru) (materiál) m 

cloth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布 (cmn) (bù)

• Danish: stof (da) n
• Dutch: materiaal n, naaigoed n
• Esperanto: ŝtofo (eo)
• French: étoffe (fr) f, tissu (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Stoff (de) m
• Greek: ύφασμα (el) (ýfasma) n 

• Italian: materiale (it)
• Japanese: 素材 (ja) (そざい, sozai), 生地 (ja) (きじ, kiji), 布 (ja) (ぬの, nuno)
• Norwegian: stoff (no) n, tøy (no) n
• Romanian: stofă (ro) f, material textil (ro) n, pânză (ro) f
• Russian: материал (ru) (materiál) m , материя (ru) (matérija) f , ткань (ru) (tkanʹ) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar (gd) m
• Swedish: material (sv) n

person

• Japanese: 人材 (ja) (じんざい, jinzai)

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• Esperanto: materialo

• Jèrriais: matériel m

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.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin materialis.

Adjective

material m, f (masculine and feminine plural materials)

1. material

Noun

material m (plural materials)

1. material

Related terms

• matèria

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Etymology

Latin materialis

Noun

material

1. material

Declension

    declension of material

nominative	material
genitive	materialnıñ
dative	materialğa
accusative	materialnı
locative	materialda
ablative	materialdan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Galician

Noun

material m (plural materiais)

1. material

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Spanish

Adjective

material m and f (plural materiales)

1. material

Noun

material m (plural materiales)

1. material

Related terms

• materialismo
• materialista
• materia

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Pronunciation

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Noun

material n

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

Declension

Declension of material

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	material	materialet	material	materialen
genitive	materials	materialets	materials	materialens

Related terms

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