materia

See also: matéria and matèria

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia. Cf. madera.

Noun

materia f (plural materies)

1. subject (main topic)
2. material world
3. matter

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Finnish

Noun

materia

1. matter

Declension

Inflection of materia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		materia	materiat
genitive		materian	materioiden materioitten
partitive		materiaa	materioita
illative		materiaan	materioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		materia	materiat
accusative	nom.	materia	materiat
	gen.	materian
genitive		materian	materioiden materioitten materiain rare
partitive		materiaa	materioita
inessive		materiassa	materioissa
elative		materiasta	materioista
illative		materiaan	materioihin
adessive		materialla	materioilla
ablative		materialta	materioilta
allative		materialle	materioille
essive		materiana	materioina
translative		materiaksi	materioiksi
abessive		materiatta	materioitta
instructive		—	materioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of materia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative materiani materiani accusative nom. materiani materiani gen. materiani genitive materiani materioideni materioitteni materiaini rare partitive materiaani materioitani inessive materiassani materioissani elative materiastani materioistani illative materiaani materioihini adessive materiallani materioillani ablative materialtani materioiltani allative materialleni materioilleni essive materianani materioinani translative materiakseni materioikseni abessive materiattani materioittani instructive — — comitative — materioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative materiasi materiasi accusative nom. materiasi materiasi gen. materiasi genitive materiasi materioidesi materioittesi materiaisi rare partitive materiaasi materioitasi inessive materiassasi materioissasi elative materiastasi materioistasi illative materiaasi materioihisi adessive materiallasi materioillasi ablative materialtasi materioiltasi allative materiallesi materioillesi essive materianasi materioinasi translative materiaksesi materioiksesi abessive materiattasi materioittasi instructive — — comitative — materioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative materiamme materiamme accusative nom. materiamme materiamme gen. materiamme genitive materiamme materioidemme materioittemme materiaimme rare partitive materiaamme materioitamme inessive materiassamme materioissamme elative materiastamme materioistamme illative materiaamme materioihimme adessive materiallamme materioillamme ablative materialtamme materioiltamme allative materiallemme materioillemme essive materianamme materioinamme translative materiaksemme materioiksemme abessive materiattamme materioittamme instructive — — comitative — materioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative materianne materianne accusative nom. materianne materianne gen. materianne genitive materianne materioidenne materioittenne materiainne rare partitive materiaanne materioitanne inessive materiassanne materioissanne elative materiastanne materioistanne illative materiaanne materioihinne adessive materiallanne materioillanne ablative materialtanne materioiltanne allative materiallenne materioillenne essive materiananne materioinanne translative materiaksenne materioiksenne abessive materiattanne materioittanne instructive — — comitative — materioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative materiansa materiansa accusative nom. materiansa materiansa gen. materiansa genitive materiansa materioidensa materioittensa materiainsa rare partitive materiaansa materioitaan materioitansa inessive materiassaan materiassansa materioissaan materioissansa elative materiastaan materiastansa materioistaan materioistansa illative materiaansa materioihinsa adessive materiallaan materiallansa materioillaan materioillansa ablative materialtaan materialtansa materioiltaan materioiltansa allative materialleen materiallensa materioilleen materioillensa essive materianaan materianansa materioinaan materioinansa translative materiakseen materiaksensa materioikseen materioiksensa abessive materiattaan materiattansa materioittaan materioittansa instructive — — comitative — materioineen materioinensa

Synonyms

• aine

Compounds

• antimateria

Related terms

• materiaali
• materialismi
• materialisti

Anagrams

• maireat

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Italian

Alternative forms

• matera (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin materia.

Noun

materia f (plural materie)

1. matter, substance, material, stuff
2. subject-matter, matter, subject, topic

Antonyms

• antimateria

Related terms

• materiale
• materia prima
• materico

Anagrams

• armiate
• ramiate
• riamate

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Ladin

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Noun

materia f (plural materies)

1. matter, material

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Latin

Alternative forms

• māteriēs

Etymology

Derived from māter (“mother”) +‎ -ia, in the sense of “source”. Cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːˈte.ri.a/, [mäːˈt̪ɛriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈte.ri.a/, [mäˈt̪ɛːriä]

Noun

māteria f (genitive māteriae); first declension

1. matter; material; component stuff; substance
2. timber
3. (figurative) source, origin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	māteria	māteriae
Genitive	māteriae	māteriārum
Dative	māteriae	māteriīs
Accusative	māteriam	māteriās
Ablative	māteriā	māteriīs
Vocative	māteria	māteriae

Descendants

• Asturian: madera, materia
• Dutch: materie
• English: matter
• French: matière
• Galician: madeira
• German: Materie
• Hunsrik: Materje
• Italian: materia
• Mozarabic: مَطْرُينة (matrwéna)
• Old French: matere
• Portuguese: madeira, matéria
• Romanian: materie
• Russian: материя (materija)
• Spanish: madera, materia
• Swedish: materia

References

• “materia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “materia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• materia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• materia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • my subject grows as I write: materia mihi crescit
    
  • abundance of material: materia rerum et copia uberrima
    
  • abundance of material: infinita et immensa materia
    

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɛ.rja/

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Noun

materia f

1. (physics) matter

Declension

Declension of materia

	singular
nominative	materia
genitive	materii
dative	materii
accusative	materię
instrumental	materią
locative	materii
vocative	materio

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Portuguese

Noun

materia f (plural materias)

1. Obsolete spelling of matéria.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia. Doublet of the inherited madera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈteɾja/ [maˈt̪e.ɾja]

Noun

materia f (plural materias)

1. (physics) matter (the basic structural component of the universe)
2. subject (topic; particular area of study)

Derived terms

• antimateria
• materia blanca

 

Related terms

• material

Further reading

• “materia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

materia c

1. matter

Declension

Declension of materia
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	materia	materian	—	—
Genitive	materias	materians	—	—

Related terms

• material
• materiell