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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmætə/
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈmatə/
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• Scotland: /ˈmatəɾ/
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• General-American: /ˈmætɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈmæɾɚ]
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• Australian: /ˈmætə/
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• Australian: [ˈmæɾə]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈmɛtə/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈmɛɾə]
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• homophone: madder (some US pronunciations)
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• rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).

370 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lëndë — basic structural component of the universe
• Arabic: مَادَّة (mādda) — basic structural component of the universe
• Armenian: նյութ (nyutʻ) — basic structural component of the universe
• Assamese: পদাৰ্থ (podartho) — basic structural component of the universe
• Azerbaijani: maddə — basic structural component of the universe
• Azerbaijani: materiya — basic structural component of the universe
• Bashkir: матдә (matdə) — basic structural component of the universe
• Belarusian: матэ́рыя (matéryja) — basic structural component of the universe
• Bengali: পদার্থ (podartho) — basic structural component of the universe
• Bihari: पदार्थ — basic structural component of the universe
• Bulgarian: мате́рия (matérija) — basic structural component of the universe
• Burmese: ဒြပ် (drap) — basic structural component of the universe
• Catalan: matèria — basic structural component of the universe
• Chinese Cantonese: 物質 /物质 (mat6 zat1) — basic structural component of the universe
• Eastern Min Chinese: 物質 /物质 (ŭk-cék) — basic structural component of the universe
• Chinese: 物質 /物质 (zh-min-nan) — basic structural component of the universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 物質 /物质 (wùzhì, wùzhí) — basic structural component of the universe
• Wu Chinese: 物質 /物质 (8veq-tseq) — basic structural component of the universe
• Czech: hmota — basic structural component of the universe
• Danish: stof — basic structural component of the universe
• Doteli: पदार्थ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Dutch: materie — basic structural component of the universe
• Esperanto: materio — basic structural component of the universe
• Estonian: aine — basic structural component of the universe
• Finnish: aine — basic structural component of the universe
• French: matière — basic structural component of the universe
• West-Frisian: matearje — basic structural component of the universe
• Galician: materia — basic structural component of the universe
• Georgian: მატერია (maṭeria) — basic structural component of the universe
• German: Materie — basic structural component of the universe
• Greek: ύλη (ýli) — basic structural component of the universe
• Ancient Greek: ὕλη (húlē) — basic structural component of the universe
• Gujarati: પદાર્થ (padārth) — basic structural component of the universe
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — basic structural component of the universe
• Hindi: पदार्थ (padārth) — basic structural component of the universe
• Hindi: माद्दा (māddā) — basic structural component of the universe
• Hungarian: anyag — basic structural component of the universe
• Hunsrik: Materje — basic structural component of the universe
• Icelandic: efni — basic structural component of the universe
• Indonesian: materi — basic structural component of the universe
• Irish: damhna — basic structural component of the universe
• Italian: materia — basic structural component of the universe
• Japanese: 物質 (busshitsu) — basic structural component of the universe
• Kannada: ದ್ರವ್ಯ (dravya) — basic structural component of the universe
• Kazakh: материя (materiä) — basic structural component of the universe
• Kazakh: зат (zat) — basic structural component of the universe
• Khmer: វត្ថុ (vŏətthoʼ) — basic structural component of the universe
• Khmer: រូបធាតុ (ruupaʼthiət) — basic structural component of the universe
• Korean: 물질 (muljil) — basic structural component of the universe
• Central Kurdish: ماکە (make) — basic structural component of the universe
• Northern Kurdish: made — basic structural component of the universe
• Kyrgyz: материя (materiya) — basic structural component of the universe
• Lao: ສະສານ (sa sān) — basic structural component of the universe
• Lao: ທາດ (thāt) — basic structural component of the universe
• Latin: māteria — basic structural component of the universe
• Latvian: matērija — basic structural component of the universe
• Lithuanian: materija — basic structural component of the universe
• Macedonian: материја (materija) — basic structural component of the universe
• Maithili: पदार्थ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Malay: jirim — basic structural component of the universe
• Malayalam: ദ്രവ്യം (dravyaṁ) — basic structural component of the universe
• Māori: matū — basic structural component of the universe
• Marathi: पदार्थ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Middle English: matere — basic structural component of the universe
• Mongolian: матери (materi) — basic structural component of the universe
• Mongolian: бодис (bodis) — basic structural component of the universe
• Nepali: पदार्थ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Newar: पदार्थ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Norwegian Bokmål: stoff — basic structural component of the universe
• Odia: ପଦାର୍ଥ (padārtha) — basic structural component of the universe
• Old English: andweorc — basic structural component of the universe
• Pashto: ماده (mādá) — basic structural component of the universe
• Dari: مَادَّه (mādda) — basic structural component of the universe
• Iranian Persian: مادِّه (mâdde) — basic structural component of the universe
• Polish: materia — basic structural component of the universe
• Portuguese: matéria — basic structural component of the universe
• Punjabi: ਪਦਾਰਥ (padārath) — basic structural component of the universe
• Romanian: materie — basic structural component of the universe
• Russian: мате́рия (matérija) — basic structural component of the universe
• Sanskrit: द्रव्यम् (dravyam) — basic structural component of the universe
• Serbo-Croatian: тва̑р — basic structural component of the universe
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀те̄рија — basic structural component of the universe
• Serbo-Croatian: tvȃr — basic structural component of the universe
• Serbo-Croatian: màtērija — basic structural component of the universe
• Sinhalese: පදාර්ථය (padārthaya) — basic structural component of the universe
• Slovak: hmota — basic structural component of the universe
• Slovene: snov — basic structural component of the universe
• Slovene: materija — basic structural component of the universe
• Slovene: tvar — basic structural component of the universe
• Spanish: materia — basic structural component of the universe
• Swedish: materia — basic structural component of the universe
• Tagalog: butang — basic structural component of the universe
• Tagalog: likhatas — basic structural component of the universe
• Tajik: модда (modda) — basic structural component of the universe
• Tajik: материя (materiya) — basic structural component of the universe
• Tamil: பொருள் (poruḷ) — basic structural component of the universe
• Tatar: материя (materiyä) — basic structural component of the universe
• Tatar: матдә (matdä) — basic structural component of the universe
• Telugu: పదార్థము (padārthamu) — basic structural component of the universe
• Thai: สสาร (sà-sǎan) — basic structural component of the universe
• Thai: ธาตุ (tâat) — basic structural component of the universe
• Tibetan: དངོས་པོ (dngos po) — basic structural component of the universe
• Turkish: madde — basic structural component of the universe
• Ottoman Turkish: ماده (madde) — basic structural component of the universe
• Turkmen: materiýa — basic structural component of the universe
• Ukrainian: мате́рія (matérija) — basic structural component of the universe
• Urdu: مادَّہ (mādda) — basic structural component of the universe
• Uyghur: ماددا (madda) — basic structural component of the universe
• Uyghur: ماتېرىيە (matëriye) — basic structural component of the universe
• Uzbek: materiya — basic structural component of the universe
• Uzbek: modda — basic structural component of the universe
• Vietnamese: vật chất — basic structural component of the universe
• Yiddish: מאַטעריע (materye) — basic structural component of the universe
• Arabic: مَادَّة (mādda) — non-antimatter matter
• Arabic: جِسْم (jism) — non-antimatter matter
• Catalan: matèria — non-antimatter matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 物質 /物质 (wùzhì, wùzhí) — non-antimatter matter
• Esperanto: materio — non-antimatter matter
• Finnish: materia — non-antimatter matter
• Finnish: aine — non-antimatter matter
• French: matière — non-antimatter matter
• West-Frisian: matearje — non-antimatter matter
• German: Materie — non-antimatter matter
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — non-antimatter matter
• Hindi: पदार्थ (padārth) — non-antimatter matter
• Hungarian: anyag — non-antimatter matter
• Irish: damhna — non-antimatter matter
• Italian: materia — non-antimatter matter
• Japanese: 物質 (busshitsu) — non-antimatter matter
• Kazakh: зат (zat) — non-antimatter matter
• Khmer: វត្ថុ (vŏətthoʼ) — non-antimatter matter
• Korean: 물질 (muljil) — non-antimatter matter
• Latin: materia — non-antimatter matter
• Portuguese: matéria — non-antimatter matter
• Romanian: materie — non-antimatter matter
• Russian: вещество́ (veščestvó) — non-antimatter matter
• Russian: мате́рия (matérija) — non-antimatter matter
• Slovene: materija — non-antimatter matter
• Spanish: materia — non-antimatter matter
• Swedish: materia — non-antimatter matter
• Tagalog: butang — non-antimatter matter
• Thai: สสาร (sà-sǎan) — non-antimatter matter
• Vietnamese: vật chất — non-antimatter matter
• Arabic: مَادَّة (mādda) — kind of substance
• Belarusian: рэ́чыва (réčyva) — kind of substance
• Bulgarian: вещество́ (veštestvó) — kind of substance
• Catalan: matèria — kind of substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 物質 /物质 (wùzhì, wùzhí) — kind of substance
• Czech: hmota — kind of substance
• Czech: látka — kind of substance
• Dutch: stof — kind of substance
• Finnish: aine — kind of substance
• French: matière — kind of substance
• West-Frisian: matearje — kind of substance
• German: Masse — kind of substance
• German: Substanz — kind of substance
• German: Stoff — kind of substance
• Ancient Greek: ὕλη (húlē) — kind of substance
• Hebrew: חומר \ חֹמֶר (khómer) — kind of substance
• Hindi: पदार्थ (padārth) — kind of substance
• Hungarian: anyag — kind of substance
• Irish: ábhar — kind of substance
• Irish: damhna — kind of substance
• Old Irish: adbar — kind of substance
• Italian: materia — kind of substance
• Japanese: 物質 (busshitsu) — kind of substance
• Khmer: វត្ថុ (voattho’) — kind of substance
• Korean: 물질 (muljil) — kind of substance
• Latin: materia — kind of substance
• Māori: matū — kind of substance
• Portuguese: matéria — kind of substance
• Romanian: materie — kind of substance
• Russian: вещество́ (veščestvó) — kind of substance
• Russian: материа́л (materiál) — kind of substance
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀те̄рија — kind of substance
• Serbo-Croatian: màtērija — kind of substance
• Spanish: materia — kind of substance
• Swedish: stoff — kind of substance
• Thai: สสาร (sà-sǎan) — kind of substance
• Thai: วัตถุ (wát-tù) — kind of substance
• Ukrainian: речовина́ (rečovyná) — kind of substance
• Ukrainian: мате́рія (matérija) — kind of substance
• Vietnamese: vật chất — kind of substance
• Arabic: قَضِيَّة (qaḍiyya) — reason for concern
• Belarusian: спра́ва (správa) — reason for concern
• Belarusian: пыта́нне (pytánnje) — reason for concern
• Belarusian: пыта́ньне (pytánʹnje) — reason for concern
• Catalan: assumpte — reason for concern
• Catalan: qüestió — reason for concern
• Chinese Mandarin: 事情 (shìqing) — reason for concern
• Chinese Mandarin: 事 (shì) — reason for concern
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — reason for concern
• Chinese Mandarin: 問題 /问题 (wèntí) — reason for concern
• Esperanto: afero — reason for concern
• Farefare: yelle — reason for concern
• Finnish: pulma — reason for concern
• Finnish: ongelma — reason for concern
• Finnish: hätä — reason for concern
• West-Frisian: saak — reason for concern
• German: Angelegenheit — reason for concern
• Ancient Greek: πρᾶγμα (prâgma) — reason for concern
• Gujarati: બાબત (bābat) — reason for concern
• Gujarati: વાત (vāt) — reason for concern
• Hebrew: נוֹשֵׂא (nosé) — reason for concern
• Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ) — reason for concern
• Hungarian: baj — reason for concern
• Hungarian: gond — reason for concern
• Italian: problema — reason for concern
• Japanese: こと (koto) — reason for concern
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — reason for concern
• Japanese: 事件 (jiken) — reason for concern
• Korean: 일 (il) — reason for concern
• Korean: 문제 (munje) — reason for concern
• Latin: rēs — reason for concern
• Latin: fabula — reason for concern
• Māori: take — reason for concern
• Plautdietsch: Sach — reason for concern
• Polish: sprawa — reason for concern
• Portuguese: questão — reason for concern
• Romanian: problemă — reason for concern
• Romanian: chestiune — reason for concern
• Russian: де́ло (délo) — reason for concern
• Russian: вопро́с (voprós) — reason for concern
• Serbo-Croatian: пи́та̄ње — reason for concern
• Serbo-Croatian: pítānje — reason for concern
• Slovene: zadeva — reason for concern
• Spanish: asunto — reason for concern
• Spanish: cuestión — reason for concern
• Swedish: fråga — reason for concern
• Swedish: ärende — reason for concern
• Swedish: angelägenhet — reason for concern
• Ottoman Turkish: امر (emr, emir) — reason for concern
• Ukrainian: спра́ва (správa) — reason for concern
• Ukrainian: пита́ння (pytánnja) — reason for concern
• Yoruba: ọrọ̀ — reason for concern
• Zulu: indaba — reason for concern
• Zulu: udaba class 11/10 — reason for concern
• Arabic: أَمْر (ʔamr) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Bangi: zambi — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Belarusian: спра́ва (správa) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Catalan: situació — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Catalan: qüestió — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Catalan: matèria — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Chinese Mandarin: 事情 (shìqing) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Chinese Mandarin: 事 (shì) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Esperanto: afero — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Farefare: yelle — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Finnish: tilanne — situation, condition, subject or affair
• French: affaire — situation, condition, subject or affair
• French: question — situation, condition, subject or affair
• German: Angelegenheit — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Ancient Greek: πρᾶγμα (prâgma) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hindi: बात (bāt) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hindi: विषय (viṣay) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hungarian: ügy — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hungarian: dolog — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hungarian: kérdés — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hungarian: téma — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Hungarian: tárgy — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Italian: argomento — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Italian: questione — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Italian: faccenda — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Japanese: 事 (koto) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Korean: 일 (il) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Kyrgyz: иш (iş) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Latin: rēs — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Latin: fabula — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Lingala: zambi — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ (baita) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Māori: kaupapa — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Māori: take — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Māori: kiko — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Plautdietsch: Sach — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Portuguese: questão — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Portuguese: assunto — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Romanian: chestiune — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Romanian: subiect — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Romanian: fond — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Romanian: material — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Russian: де́ло (délo) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: asunto — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: cuestión — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: tema — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: materia — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: punto — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Spanish: particular — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Thai: เรื่อง (rʉ̂ʉang) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Ottoman Turkish: امر (emr, emir) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Ukrainian: спра́ва (správa) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Urdu: بات (bāt) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Urdu: مُعامَلَہ (mu'āmala) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Vietnamese: việc — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Yiddish: ענין (inyen) — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Zulu: indaba — situation, condition, subject or affair
• Arabic: أَمْر (ʔamr) — cause
• Catalan: causa — cause
• Czech: důvod — cause
• Finnish: aihe — cause
• French: cause — cause
• French: matière — cause
• West-Frisian: saak — cause
• German: Anlass — cause
• Hebrew: עילה (ilá) — cause
• Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ) — cause
• Hungarian: ok — cause
• Italian: causa — cause
• Latin: causa — cause
• Latin: res — cause
• Māori: take — cause
• Portuguese: motivo — cause
• Romanian: cauză — cause
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — cause
• Afrikaans: saakmaak — to be important
• Albanian: rëndësi — to be important
• Arabic: هَمَّ (hamma) — to be important
• Bulgarian: имам значение (imam značenie) — to be important
• Catalan: importar — to be important
• Chinese Cantonese: 緊要 /紧要 (gan2 jiu3) — to be important
• Chinese Mandarin: 有關係 /有关系 (yǒuguānxi) — to be important
• Chinese Mandarin: 要緊 /要紧 (yàojǐn) — to be important
• Czech: záležet — to be important
• Dutch: belangrijk zijn — to be important
• Dutch: er toe doen — to be important
• Dutch: uitmaken — to be important
• Esperanto: gravi — to be important
• Finnish: merkitä — to be important
• Finnish: olla merkitystä — to be important
• Finnish: haitata — to be important
• French: importer — to be important
• French: compter — to be important
• Galician: importar — to be important
• German: wichtig sein — to be important
• German: etwas ausmachen — to be important
• German: zählen — to be important
• Hindi: महत्त्वपूर्ण (mahattvapūrṇ) — to be important
• Hungarian: számít — to be important
• Hungarian: fontos — to be important
• Hungarian: érdekes — to be important
• Ido: importar — to be important
• Interlingua: importar — to be important
• Irish: is miste — to be important
• Italian: importare — to be important
• Italian: contare — to be important
• Japanese: 重要である (jūyō de aru) — to be important
• Korean: 중요하다 (jung'yohada) — to be important
• Latin: intersum — to be important
• Latin: pertineo ad — to be important
• Latin: pertineo — to be important
• Norwegian Bokmål: telle — to be important
• Norwegian Bokmål: være viktig — to be important
• Norwegian Bokmål: spille en rolle — to be important
• Norwegian Bokmål: ha betydning — to be important
• Old English: mǣnan — to be important
• Polish: mieć znaczenie — to be important
• Portuguese: importar — to be important
• Romanian: conta — to be important
• Russian: име́ть значе́ние (imétʹ značénije) — to be important
• Russian: быть ва́жным (bytʹ vážnym) — to be important
• Scottish Gaelic: is coma — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: бити битно — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: имати значење — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: имати важност — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: biti bitno — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: imati značenje — to be important
• Serbo-Croatian: imati važnost — to be important
• Spanish: importar — to be important
• Swedish: spela roll — to be important
• Tamil: தேவையான (tēvaiyāṉa) — to be important
• Ukrainian: ма́ти зна́чення (máty znáčennja) — to be important
• Yiddish: אויסמאַכן (oysmakhn) — to be important