material
Portuguese
/ma.te.ɾi.ˈaw/
noun
Definitions
- material; stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- material sample or specimens for study
- tackle; supplies; gear; rig objects collected for use in a particular activity
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- materiaali Finnish
- materiale Latin
- materiamen Latin
- materior Latin
- māteria Latin
- māteriālis Latin
- māterĭa Latin
- Material German
- matériel French
- материа́л Russian
- madera Spanish, Castilian
- materia Spanish, Castilian
- material Spanish, Castilian
- *méh₂tēr Proto-Indo-European
- antimaterial Portuguese
- antimaterialista Portuguese
- materialista Portuguese
- matéria Portuguese
- material Middle English
- materie, matiere Old French
- materie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- materiāls Latvian
- madeira Old Portuguese
- Materi Alemannic German
- madera Asturian
- matere xno
- *matr[w]éṉa Mozarabic