materio

Esperanto

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Italic *mātēr

Latin māter

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

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Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē)sl.

Latin materiabor.

Esperanto materio

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mateˈrio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: ma‧te‧ri‧o

Noun

materio (accusative singular materion, plural materioj, accusative plural materiojn)

1. (physics) matter

Derived terms

• malluma materio (“dark matter”)

See also

• materialo (“material”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English material, French matière, German Materie, Italian materia, Russian мате́рия (matérija), Spanish materia, ultimately from Latin māteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈte.rio/, /ma.ˈtɛ.ɾiɔ/

Noun

materio (plural materii)

1. material, matter (out of which something is made)
2. (physics, philosophy) matter
3. (figuratively) material, matter (as of discourse)

Derived terms

• materiajo (“material object, substance”)
• materiala (“material: relating to matter”)
  • materialeso (“materiality”)
  • materialigar (“to invest with material characteristics, to substantialize”)
  • materialismo (“materialism”)
  • materialista (“materialistic”)
  • materialisto (“materialist”)
• materiatra (“material (analogous to)”)
• materiigar (“to materialize: to make (a spirit) visible in or as a material form”)
• materio kruda (“raw material”)
• materio prima (“raw material”)
• materioza (“substantial, not formal”)