material
English
/məˈtɪɹi.əl/, /məˈtɪəɹɪəl/
adj
Definitions
- Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
- Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
- (law) Significant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English material derived from Latin māteriālis, māteria (material, matter, substance, wood, stuff, timber).
Origin
Latin
māteria
Gloss
material, matter, substance, wood, stuff, timber
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- active English
- active material English
- antimaterial English
- antimaterialism English
- antimaterialist English
- antimaterialistic English
- archaeomaterial English
- archeomaterial English
- astromaterial English
- bimaterial English
- biomaterial English
- bionanomaterial English
- commaterial English
- cryptomaterial English
- dematerialisation English
- dematerialise English
- dematerialization English
- dematerialize English
- geomaterial English
- hypermaterialistic English
- immaterial English
- immaterialism English
- immaterialist English
- immaterialistic English
- immateriality English
- immaterialize English
- immaterially English
- immaterialness English
- materialisation English
- materialise English
- materialiser English
- materialism English
- materialist English
- materialistic English
- materialistically English
- materiality English
- materializable English
- materialization English
- materialize English
- materializer English
- materially English
- materialness English
- metamaterial English
- micromaterial English
- multimaterial English
- nanobiomaterial English
- nanomaterial English
- nonmaterial English
- nonmaterialism English
- nonmaterialist English
- nonmaterialistic English
- nonmateriality English
- nonmaterially English
- postmaterial English
- postmaterialism English
- postmaterialist English
- postmaterialistic English
- rematerialize English
- sociomaterial English
- sociomateriality English
- sociomaterially English
- stereometamaterial English
- supermaterial English
- trimaterial English
- unmaterial English
- unmaterialist English
- unmaterialistic English
- materiaali Finnish
- materiale Latin
- materiamen Latin
- materior Latin
- māteria Latin
- māteriālis Latin
- māterĭa Latin
- Material German
- Materie German
- matière French
- matérialisme French
- matériel French
- материа́л Russian
- материализовать Russian
- madera Spanish, Castilian
- materia Spanish, Castilian
- material Spanish, Castilian
- *méh₂tēr Proto-Indo-European
- material Portuguese
- matéria Portuguese
- matere Middle English
- material Middle English
- materialy Middle English
- materie, matiere Old French
- materie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- materyalismo Cebuano
- materyalistik Cebuano
- materiāls Latvian
- materiajo Ido
- materiala Ido
- materiaro Ido
- materio Ido
- materioza Ido
- madeira Old Portuguese
- Materi Alemannic German
- madera Asturian
- matere xno
- *matr[w]éṉa Mozarabic
- active
- unmaterial
- materially
- bimaterial
- immaterial
- materialism
- materialist
- trimaterial
- materiality
- commaterial
- materialise
- biomaterial
- nonmaterial
- materialize
- geomaterial
- antimaterial
- postmaterial
- immaterially
- materialiser
- materializer
- metamaterial
- materialness
- nanomaterial
- multimaterial
- immateriality
- immaterialist
- dematerialise
- rematerialize
- sociomaterial
- immaterialism
- nonmaterially
- micromaterial
- supermaterial
- astromaterial
- immaterialize
- dematerialize
- materialistic
- unmaterialist
- nonmaterialist
- materializable
- cryptomaterial
- immaterialness
- archeomaterial
- nonmaterialism
- nonmateriality
- postmaterialism
- postmaterialist
- antimaterialist
- sociomaterially
- unmaterialistic
- nanobiomaterial
- archaeomaterial
- materialization
- materialisation
- bionanomaterial
- active material
- immaterialistic
- antimaterialism
- sociomateriality
- nonmaterialistic
- antimaterialistic
- materialistically
- dematerialization
- dematerialisation
- postmaterialistic
- hypermaterialistic
- stereometamaterial