materiel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/
- (US) IPA(key): /mətɪɹiˈɛl/, /mətɪɹˈjɛl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
materiel (countable and uncountable, plural materiels)
- Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.
- 2012 December 15, Tudor Van Hampton, “Check-to-Check Combat Over Vintage War Matériel”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (“matter”), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).
Adjective
materiel (neuter materielt, plural and definite singular attributive materielle)
- material
- Synonyms: stoflig, fysisk
- Antonyms: immateriel, åndelig
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | materiel | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | materielt | — | —2 |
| plural | materielle | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | materielle | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Noun
materiel n (singular definite materiellet, not used in plural form)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | materiel | materiellet |
| genitive | materiels | materiellets |
References
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Dutch materieel, from Middle Dutch materiael, from Middle French material, from Old French material, from Latin māteriālis. Doublet of material.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mateˈri(ə)l/
- Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧êl
Adjective
materiêl
- material (having to do with matter; consisting of matter)
Related terms
Further reading
- “materiel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Ladin
Adjective
materiel m (feminine singular materiela, masculine plural materiei, feminine plural materieles)
Middle English
Adjective
materiel
- alternative form of material
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (“matter”), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).
Noun
materiel c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | materiel | materiels |
| definite | materielen | materielens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |