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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪ.məˈtɪ.ɹi.əl/ [General-American], /ˌɪ.məˈti.ɹi.əl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-immaterial.wav Forms: more immaterial [comparative], most immaterial [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪɹiəl Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*n̥-|*dem-|*h₂el-|id3=grow}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|immaterial}} Middle English immaterial, {{der|en|frm|immateriel|t=not material}} Middle French immateriel (“not material”), {{cog|fr|immatériel}} French immatériel, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|ML.|immāteriālis|t=not material}} Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), {{der|en|la|im-}} Latin im-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*dem-|t=to arrange, put together; to build (up)}} Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{prefix|en|im|material}} im- + material, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-adj}} immaterial (comparative more immaterial, superlative most immaterial)
  1. Having no matter or substance; incorporeal. Synonyms: intangible, nonmaterial, unmaterial, insubstantial Translations (having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal): inmaterial (Asturian), не́материален (nématerialen) (Bulgarian), immaterial (Catalan), nehmotný (Czech), aineeton (Finnish), immatériel (French), inmaterial (Galician), immateriell (German), immateriale (Italian), immaterial (Occitan), imaterial (Portuguese), imaterial (Romanian), нематериа́льный (nemateriálʹnyj) (Russian), бестеле́сный (bestelésnyj) (Russian), невеще́ственный (neveščéstvennyj) (Russian), inmaterial (Spanish), nenstöfik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-adj-sNeM2hMC Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 31 3 4 11 21 20 9 Disambiguation of 'having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal': 67 0 2 18 13
  2. Of the nature of the soul or spirit; spiritual.
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-adj-DdXKCEVB
  3. (figurative)
    Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.
    Tags: figuratively Synonyms: insignificant
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-adj-WZNWmeXC
  4. (figurative)
    (rare) Having or seeming to have very little substance; insubstantial, slight.
    Tags: figuratively, rare Synonyms: diaphanous, flimsy, gossamer, insubstantial
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-adj-aMu5E5fb
  5. (figurative)
    (chiefly law) Especially of evidence; chiefly followed by to: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed; irrelevant.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: neither here nor there, ungermane, unconnected
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-adj-N00CoJeu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 1 18 39 6 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 1 1 20 45 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 1 1 19 43 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 0 1 18 44 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 21 5 4 17 37 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 5 3 19 34 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 5 3 19 35 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 5 3 17 37 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 5 4 16 39 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 1 1 18 41 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 5 3 19 35 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 3 4 16 43 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 1 1 17 43 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 21 3 4 17 39 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 4 3 18 36 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 5 3 19 35 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 1 1 16 46 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 1 1 18 44 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 23 1 1 17 43 5 10 Topics: law
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Derived forms: immaterialism, immaterialist, immateriality, immaterialize, immaterialized [adjective], immaterially, immaterialness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɪ.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪ.məˈtɪ.ɹi.əl/ [General-American], /ˌɪ.məˈti.ɹi.əl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-immaterial.wav Forms: immaterials [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɹiəl Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English immaterial, inmateriall (“incorporeal; spiritual”), from Middle French immateriel (“not material”) (modern French immatériel), and from its etymon Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), from Latin im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + māteriālis (“made of matter, material”) (from māteria (“matter, substance, material”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). The English word is analysable as im- + material. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*n̥-|*dem-|*h₂el-|id3=grow}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|immaterial}} Middle English immaterial, {{der|en|frm|immateriel|t=not material}} Middle French immateriel (“not material”), {{cog|fr|immatériel}} French immatériel, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|ML.|immāteriālis|t=not material}} Medieval Latin immāteriālis (“not material”), {{der|en|la|im-}} Latin im-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*dem-|t=to arrange, put together; to build (up)}} Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{prefix|en|im|material}} im- + material, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} immaterial (countable and uncountable, plural immaterials)
  1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A being or entity having no matter or substance. Tags: countable, in-plural Translations (being or entity having no matter or substance): aineeton olio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-noun-SbF4oPK9 Disambiguation of 'being or entity having no matter or substance': 99 1
  2. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A thing which is abstract or intangible; (uncountable) chiefly preceded by the: things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively. Tags: countable, in-plural Translations (thing which is abstract or intangible; things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively): aineeton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-immaterial-en-noun-8gBIbEIw Disambiguation of 'thing which is abstract or intangible; things which are abstract or intangible considered collectively': 2 98

Inflected forms

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          "text": "You feel like a disembodied spirit, immaterial; and you seem to be able to touch beauty as though it were a palpable thing; and you feel an intimate communion with the breeze, and with the trees breaking into leaf, and with the iridescence of the river. You feel like God. Can you explain that to me?",
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          "ref": "1662, Edward Stillingfleet, “Of the Being of God”, in Origines Sacræ, or A Rational Account of the Grounds of Christian Faith, […], London: […] R[obert] W[hite] for Henry Mortlock […], →OCLC, book III, page 411:",
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          "text": "He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; […]",
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          "ref": "c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature K, recto:",
          "text": "No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […]",
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          "text": "Mr. Woodhouse considered eight persons at dinner together as the utmost that his nerves could bear—and here was a ninth— […] She [Emma] comforted her father better than she could comfort herself, by representing that though he certainly would make them nine, yet he always said so little, that the increase of noise would be very immaterial.",
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          "ref": "1662, Edward Stillingfleet, “Of the Being of God”, in Origines Sacræ, or A Rational Account of the Grounds of Christian Faith, […], London: […] R[obert] W[hite] for Henry Mortlock […], →OCLC, book III, page 411:",
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          "text": "He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; […]",
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          "text": "No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […]",
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          "ref": "1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 303–304:",
          "text": "Mr. Woodhouse considered eight persons at dinner together as the utmost that his nerves could bear—and here was a ninth— […] She [Emma] comforted her father better than she could comfort herself, by representing that though he certainly would make them nine, yet he always said so little, that the increase of noise would be very immaterial.",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "inmaterial"
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      "roman": "nématerialen",
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      "word": "не́материален"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "immaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "nehmotný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "aineeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "immatériel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "inmaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "immateriell"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "immateriale"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "immaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "imaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "imaterial"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemateriálʹnyj",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "нематериа́льный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bestelésnyj",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "бестеле́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neveščéstvennyj",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "невеще́ственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "inmaterial"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "having no matter or substance — see also incorporeal",
      "word": "nenstöfik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "immaterial"
}

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    "Terms with German translations",
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          "ref": "c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “Sect[ion] XIV”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC, part III, page 100:",
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          "text": "And we do absolutely know that these men's inborn temperaments have remained unchanged through all the vicissitudes of their material affairs. Let us see how it is with their immaterials.",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being or entity having no matter or substance",
      "word": "aineeton olio"
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}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": bodiless, incorporeal vs. bestelésnyj",
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