matière

See also: matiere

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French matiere, borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin materia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tjɛʁ/

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Noun

matière f (plural matières)

1. material (substance of which something is made)
2. matter (material things, things in general)

   matière organique - organic matter

3. (physics) matter
4. matter (that which is thought)
5. content, matter (the thing in question)
6. subject (at school)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• matière charge
• matière fissile
• matière grise
• matière interstellaire

• matière nerveuse
• matière première
• matière sèche

Further reading

• “matière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.