"matière" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.tjɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-matière.ogg Forms: matières [plural]
Etymology: From Old French matiere, borrowed from Latin materia. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|matiere}} Old French matiere, {{uder|fr|la|materia}} Latin materia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} matière f (plural matières)
  1. material (substance of which something is made) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-XVt~QnOV
  2. matter (material things, things in general) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-pz8pCbo6
  3. (physics) matter Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-V1I~ZC9j Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. matter (that which is thought) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-01w63n0B
  5. content, matter (the thing in question) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-6TG2rY3n
  6. subject (at school) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matière-fr-noun-7~j~-wmo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 22 7 9 53 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 6 9 24 10 12 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: matériau, matériel
Derived forms: 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

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