materia

See also: matéria and matèria

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia. Cf. madera.

Noun

materia f (plural materies)

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

Finnish

Noun

materia

  1. matter

Declension

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
instructive materioin
abessive materiatta materioitta
comitative materioineen

Synonyms

Compounds

Anagrams


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin materia.

Noun

materia f (plural materie)

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

Antonyms

Anagrams


Ladin

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Noun

materia f (plural materies)

  1. matter, material

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from māter (mother), in the sense of “source”. Cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, cedar) and մայրի (mayri, forest).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈte.ri.a/, [maːˈtɛ.ri.a]

Noun

māteria f (genitive māteriae); first declension

  1. matter; material; component stuff; substance
  2. timber
  3. (figurative) source, origin

Inflection

First declension.

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

Descendants

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • materia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtɛrʲ.ja/
  • (file)

Noun

materia f

  1. (physics) matter

Declension


Portuguese

Noun

materia f (plural materias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of matéria

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia. Doublet of the inherited madera.

Noun

materia f (plural materias)

  1. matter
  2. subject

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin materia.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

materia c

  1. matter

Declension

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