immaterial

English

Etymology

im- +‎ material

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/

Adjective

immaterial (comparative more immaterial, superlative most immaterial)

1. Having no matter or substance.

   Because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.

2. Irrelevant.

   Objection, Your Honour! The defendant's criminal record is immaterial to this case.

Antonyms

• material

Translations

having no matter or substance

• Asturian: inmaterial
• Catalan: immaterial
• Czech: nehmotný
• Finnish: aineeton (fi)
• French: immatériel (fr)
• Galician: inmaterial
• German: immateriell

• Italian: immateriale (it)
• Occitan: immaterial
• Portuguese: imaterial (pt)
• Russian: нематериа́льный (ru) (nemateriálʹnyj), невеще́ственный (ru) (neveščéstvennyj), бестеле́сный (ru) (bestelésnyj) (incorporeal, bodiless)
• Spanish: inmaterial (es)
• Volapük: nenstöfik

irrelevant

• Finnish: epäolennainen (fi), merkityksetön (fi)
• French: non pertinent
• German: unwesentlich (de)

• Russian: несуще́ственный (ru) (nesuščéstvennyj), нева́жный (ru) (nevážnyj)
• Swedish: ovidkommande (sv), irrelevant (sv)