"material" in seven languages
Meaningmaterial
Spanish
material
/mateˈɾjal/
masc.learned
Also 'equipment, supplies': material escolar.
French
matériau
/mateʁjo/
masc.learned
plural: matériaux
A singular made from the plural matériaux. Matériel means 'equipment', and matière is 'material' as fabric or a school subject.
Italian
materiale
/mateˈrjale/
masc.learned
Portuguese
material
/mateɾiˈaw/
masc.learned
Romanian
material
/materiˈal/
neut.learned
Catalan
material
/mətəɾiˈal/
masc.learned
English
material
/məˈtɪɹiəl/
from Latin/French · Late Latin MĀTERIĀLIS (partly via Old French)
English → ItalianmaterialmaterialeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MĀTERIĀLEM‘of matter (from MĀTERIA 'stuff')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned in all four, from MĀTERIA 'stuff', which also gave English matter by way of French matière.
English relatives: matter, materialism, materialize
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In a sentence
- esLa madera es un material natural.
- frLe bois est un matériau naturel.
- itIl legno è un materiale naturale.
- ptA madeira é um material natural.
- roLemnul este un material natural.
- caLa fusta és un material natural.
- enWood is a natural material.
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