materiel

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See also: matériel

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mətɪɹiˈɛl/, /mətɪɹˈjɛl/

Noun[edit]

materiel (countable and uncountable, plural materiels)

  1. Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.
    • 2012 December 15, Tudor Van Hampton, “Check-to-Check Combat Over Vintage War Matériel”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (matter), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (mother).

Adjective[edit]

materiel

  1. material

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of materiel
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular materiel 2
Indefinite neuter singular materielt 2
Plural materielle 2
Definite attributive1 materielle
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun[edit]

materiel n (singular definite materiellet, not used in plural form)

  1. equipment, supplies
  2. hardware

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch materieel, from Middle Dutch materiael, from Middle French material, from Old French material, from Latin māteriālis. Doublet of material.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ma.teˈri.əl]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧té‧ri‧êl

Adjective[edit]

matériêl (first-person possessive materielku, second-person possessive materielmu, third-person possessive materielnya)

  1. material: having to do with matter; consisting of matter.

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Adjective[edit]

materiel m (feminine singular materiela, masculine plural materiei, feminine plural materieles)

  1. material, physical

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

materiel

  1. Alternative form of material

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (matter), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (mother).

Noun[edit]

materiel c

  1. equipment, supplies, hardware

Declension[edit]

Declension of materiel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative materiel materielen
Genitive materiels materielens

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