materiel

See also: matériel

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)

  1. 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

Translations

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)

  1. material
    Synonyms: stoflig, fysisk
    Antonyms: immateriel, åndelig

Inflection

Inflection of materiel
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)

  1. equipment, supplies
  2. hardware

Declension

Declension of materiel
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

  1. material (having to do with matter; consisting of matter)

Further reading

Ladin

Adjective

materiel m (feminine singular materiela, masculine plural materiei, feminine plural materieles)

  1. material, physical

Middle English

Adjective

materiel

  1. 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

  1. equipment, supplies, hardware

Declension

Declension of materiel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite materiel materiels
definite materielen materielens
plural indefinite
definite