matière
See also: matiere
French
Etymology
From Old French matiere, borrowed from Latin materia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tjɛʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
matière f (plural matières)
- material (substance of which something is made)
- matter (material things, things in general)
- matière organique ― organic matter
- (physics) matter
- matter (that which is thought)
- content, matter (the thing in question)
- subject (at school)
Derived terms
- antimatière
- en matière de
- entrée en matière
- matière charge
- matière fissile
- matière grasse
- matière grise
- matière interstellaire
- matière nerveuse
- matière noire
- matière première
- matière sèche
- matière sombre
- orfèvre en la matière
- table des matières
Related terms
Further reading
- “matière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.