materiale

See also: Materiale

Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin materiale, neuter of materialis, from Latin māteria (“matter”), from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matriaːlə/, [mɑtˢʁiˈœːlə] or IPA^(key): /matəriaːlə/, [matˢəɐ̯iˈœːlə]

Noun

materiale n (singular definite materialet, plural indefinite materialer)

1. material

Declension

Declension of materiale

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	materiale	materialet	materialer	materialerne
genitive	materiales	materialets	materialers	materialernes

Further reading

• “materiale” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “materiale” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• materiale on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin māteriālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.teˈrja.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧rià‧le

Adjective

materiale m or f by sense (plural materiali)

1. material
2. physical, bodily
3. rough, uncouth

   Synonyms: grossolano, rozzo, volgare

Antonyms

• immateriale

Derived terms

• materialmente

Noun

materiale m (plural materiali)

1. material, stuff
2. materials, equipment
3. rough person

Related terms

• materia
• materialismo
• materialità
• materializzare

References

• “materiale”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Adjective

māteriāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of māteriālis

Middle English

Adjective

materiale

1. inflection of material:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• material

Etymology

From Late Latin materiale.

Noun

materiale n (definite singular materialet, indefinite plural materialer, definite plural materiala or materialene)

1. material

Derived terms

• byggemateriale
• kildemateriale
• råmateriale

References

• “materiale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑtrɪˈɑːlə/

Noun

materiale n (definite singular materialet, indefinite plural materiale, definite plural materiala)

1. material

Derived terms

• byggemateriale, byggjemateriale
• råmateriale

References

• “materiale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tɛˈrja.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: ma‧te‧ria‧le

Noun

materiale

1. locative/vocative singular of materiał