immaterial

English

Etymology

im- +‎ material

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪməˈtɪɹi.əl/

Adjective

immaterial (comparative more immaterial, superlative most immaterial)

1. Having no matter or substance.

   Because ghosts are immaterial, they can pass through walls.

2. (law, accounting) So insubstantial as to be irrelevant.

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

Antonyms

• material
• germane

Translations

having no matter or substance

• Asturian: inmaterial
• Bulgarian: нематериален (bg) m (nématerialen)
• Catalan: immaterial (ca)
• Czech: nehmotný
• Finnish: aineeton (fi)
• French: immatériel (fr)
• Galician: inmaterial
• German: immateriell

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

irrelevant

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

• Romanian: neimportant (ro) m
• Russian: несуще́ственный (ru) (nesuščéstvennyj), нева́жный (ru) (nevážnyj)
• Swedish: ovidkommande (sv), irrelevant (sv)

Anagrams

• maritimale