materia

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See also: matéria and matèria

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin materia. Cf. madera.

Noun[edit]

materia f (plural materies)

  1. subject (main topic)
  2. material world
  3. matter

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin māteria.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑteriɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪e̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧te‧ri‧a

Noun[edit]

materia

  1. matter

Declension[edit]

Inflection of materia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative materia materiat
genitive materian materioiden
materioitten
partitive materiaa materioita
illative materiaan materioihin
singular plural
nominative materia materiat
accusative nom. materia materiat
gen. materian
genitive materian materioiden
materioitten
materiainrare
partitive materiaa materioita
inessive materiassa materioissa
elative materiasta materioista
illative materiaan materioihin
adessive materialla materioilla
ablative materialta materioilta
allative materialle materioille
essive materiana materioina
translative materiaksi materioiksi
abessive materiatta materioitta
instructive materioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of materia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative materiani materiani
accusative nom. materiani materiani
gen. materiani
genitive materiani materioideni
materioitteni
materiainirare
partitive materiaani materioitani
inessive materiassani materioissani
elative materiastani materioistani
illative materiaani materioihini
adessive materiallani materioillani
ablative materialtani materioiltani
allative materialleni materioilleni
essive materianani materioinani
translative materiakseni materioikseni
abessive materiattani materioittani
instructive
comitative materioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative materiasi materiasi
accusative nom. materiasi materiasi
gen. materiasi
genitive materiasi materioidesi
materioittesi
materiaisirare
partitive materiaasi materioitasi
inessive materiassasi materioissasi
elative materiastasi materioistasi
illative materiaasi materioihisi
adessive materiallasi materioillasi
ablative materialtasi materioiltasi
allative materiallesi materioillesi
essive materianasi materioinasi
translative materiaksesi materioiksesi
abessive materiattasi materioittasi
instructive
comitative materioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative materiamme materiamme
accusative nom. materiamme materiamme
gen. materiamme
genitive materiamme materioidemme
materioittemme
materiaimmerare
partitive materiaamme materioitamme
inessive materiassamme materioissamme
elative materiastamme materioistamme
illative materiaamme materioihimme
adessive materiallamme materioillamme
ablative materialtamme materioiltamme
allative materiallemme materioillemme
essive materianamme materioinamme
translative materiaksemme materioiksemme
abessive materiattamme materioittamme
instructive
comitative materioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative materianne materianne
accusative nom. materianne materianne
gen. materianne
genitive materianne materioidenne
materioittenne
materiainnerare
partitive materiaanne materioitanne
inessive materiassanne materioissanne
elative materiastanne materioistanne
illative materiaanne materioihinne
adessive materiallanne materioillanne
ablative materialtanne materioiltanne
allative materiallenne materioillenne
essive materiananne materioinanne
translative materiaksenne materioiksenne
abessive materiattanne materioittanne
instructive
comitative materioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative materiansa materiansa
accusative nom. materiansa materiansa
gen. materiansa
genitive materiansa materioidensa
materioittensa
materiainsarare
partitive materiaansa materioitaan
materioitansa
inessive materiassaan
materiassansa
materioissaan
materioissansa
elative materiastaan
materiastansa
materioistaan
materioistansa
illative materiaansa materioihinsa
adessive materiallaan
materiallansa
materioillaan
materioillansa
ablative materialtaan
materialtansa
materioiltaan
materioiltansa
allative materialleen
materiallensa
materioilleen
materioillensa
essive materianaan
materianansa
materioinaan
materioinansa
translative materiakseen
materiaksensa
materioikseen
materioiksensa
abessive materiattaan
materiattansa
materioittaan
materioittansa
instructive
comitative materioineen
materioinensa

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Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin materia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maˈtɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tè‧ria

Noun[edit]

materia f (plural materie)

  1. matter, substance, material, stuff
  2. subject-matter, matter, subject, topic

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Ladin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Noun[edit]

materia f (plural materies)

  1. matter, material

Latin[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Traditionally derived from māter (mother, at least in the sense of 'source') +‎ -ia, in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, cedar) and մայրի (mayri, forest).[1] More recently, referred to Proto-Indo-European *dem- (build). Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood, matter), introduced by Cicero.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

māteria f (genitive māteriae); first declension

  1. matter; material; component stuff; substance
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.31:
      Et vellem, herculēs, māteriam repperīrem aliquam quam deus tantus affluenter indueret.
      And, by Hercules, I would like to find [clothing] material that such a great god could wear in flowing folds.
  2. timber
    Synonym: lignum
  3. (figurative) source, origin

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative māteria māteriae
Genitive māteriae māteriārum
Dative māteriae māteriīs
Accusative māteriam māteriās
Ablative māteriā māteriīs
Vocative māteria māteriae

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • materia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • materia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • materia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • materia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my subject grows as I write: materia mihi crescit
    • abundance of material: materia rerum et copia uberrima
    • abundance of material: infinita et immensa materia
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  2. ^ A. Preuss, Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy 2007, s.v. matter

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin māteria.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maˈtɛ.rja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Syllabification: ma‧te‧ria

Noun[edit]

materia f

  1. (physics) matter

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

noun

Further reading[edit]

  • materia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • materia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

materia f (plural materias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of matéria

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin materia. Doublet of the inherited madera.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maˈteɾja/ [maˈt̪e.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: ma‧te‧ria

Noun[edit]

materia f (plural materias)

  1. (physics) matter (the basic structural component of the universe)
  2. subject (topic; particular area of study)

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

materia c (uncountable)

  1. matter

Declension[edit]

Declension of materia 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative materia materian
Genitive materias materians

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