substance

English

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Alternative forms

• substaunce (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist; literally, stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

substance (plural substances)

1. Physical matter; material.
2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
3. Considerable wealth or resources.

   A man of substance.

4. Drugs (illegal narcotics)

   substance abuse

Related terms

• subsist
• substantial
• substantive

Translations

matter

• Catalan: substància (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物質 (cmn), 物质 (cmn) (wùzhì)

• Czech: látka (cs) f
• Danish: substans (da), masse (da)
• Dutch: substantie (nl) f
• Esperanto: substanco (eo)
• Finnish: aine (fi), materia (fi)
• French: substance (fr) f
• German: Substanz (de) f, Stoff (de) m
• Greek: ουσία (el) (ousía) f
• Hebrew: חומר (he) (khómer) m
• Hindi: पदार्थ (hi) (padārth) m
• Hungarian: anyag (hu), tartalom (hu)

• Irish: mianach (ga) m
• Japanese: 物質 (ja) (busshitsu)
• Latin: substantia (la) f
• Latvian: viela (lv) f
• Norwegian: substans (no) m, masse (no) m
• Polish: substancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: substância (pt) f
• Romanian: substanță (ro) f
• Russian: вещество (ru) (veščestvó) n, субстанция (ru) (substáncija) f, материя (ru) (matérija) f
• Spanish: sustancia (es) f
• Swedish: ämne (sv) n, substans (sv) c
• Telugu: పదార్థము (te) (padaarthamu)
• Turkish: madde (tr)

essential part

• Catalan: substància (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實質 (cmn), 实质 (cmn) (shízhì)

• Danish: substans (da), hovedindhold (da)
• Finnish: ydin (fi), substanssi (fi)
• French: substance (fr) f
• German: Substanz (de) f
• Greek: ουσία (el) (ousía) f
• Hebrew: תוכן (he) (tókhen) m
• Hungarian: lényeg (hu)

• Japanese: 骨子 (ja) (kosshi)
• Latin: substantia (la) f
• Norwegian: substans (no) m
• Polish: istota (pl) f
• Portuguese: substância (pt) f
• Romanian: substanță (ro) f
• Russian: сущность (ru) (súščnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: susbaint (gd) f
• Spanish: sustancia (es) f
• Swedish: substans (sv) c

considerable wealth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: formue (da)
• Finnish: varat (fi) pl
• German: Substanz (de) f
• Greek: περιουσία (el) (periousía) f

  Ancient: οὐσία (ousía) f

• Hungarian: vagyon (hu)

• Japanese: 本質 (ja) (honshitsu), 実体 (ja) (jittai)
• Norwegian: formue (no) m
• Polish: majątek (pl) m
• Romanian: substanță (ro) f
• Russian: вес (ru) (ves) m
• Spanish: sustancia (es) f
• Swedish: resurs (sv) c

drugs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: aineet (fi) pl
• German: Substanz (de) f
• Greek: ουσίες (el) (ousíes) f pl
• Hungarian: szer (hu)

• Norwegian: narkotika (no)
• Polish: narkotyk (pl) m
• Romanian: drog (ro) n, droguri (ro) n pl, narcotic (ro) n
• Russian: вещество (ru) (veščestvó) n
• Swedish: substans (sv) c

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• Albanian: lëndë
• Arabic: مادة (mádda) f
• Azeri: maddə
• Bulgarian: вещество (vešestvo) n
• Dutch: substantie
• Esperanto: substanco
• Estonian: aine
• Indonesian: bahan
• Interlingua: substantia
• Italian: sostanza f

• Korean: 실체 (silche), 물질 (muljil)
• Lithuanian: turinys
• Middle English: substaunce
• Persian: خلاصه (kholâseh)
• Romanian: substanță f
• Slovak: hmota f
• Turkish: madde
• Uyghur: (madda)
• Vietnamese: chất
• Welsh: sylwedd
• Yiddish: מאַטעריע (materye)

See also

• style

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist; literally, stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /syb.stɑ̃s/ X-SAMPA: /syb.stA~s/

Noun

substance f (plural substances)

1. substance

Anagrams

• cubassent

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sostance
• sustance

Noun

substance f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)

1. most essential; substantial part
2. existence

Related terms

• substantiel

Descendants

• English: substance (borrowed)
• French: substance