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material

Pronunciation: /ma.te.ɾiˈaw/

“material” is a Portuguese word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
  2. footage (amount of film produced)
  3. resources used in class
  4. tackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)

adjective

  1. material (relating to or composed of matter)
  2. material; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)
  3. materialistic; consumeristic (obsessed with consumer goods)

In Portuguese

  1. relativo à matéria
  2. que não é espiritual
  3. grosseiro
  4. aquilo que é relativo à matéria
  5. conjunto dos objetos que constituem ou formam uma obra, uma construção, etc
  6. mobiliário ou conjunto de utensílios de uma escola, de um estabelecimento, etc
  7. armamento ou apetrechos militares
  8. retaliam

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). By surface analysis, matéria + -al.

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