materiel

Alternative forms

• matériel

Etymology

Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mətɪəɹɪˈɛl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mətɪɹiˈɛl/, /mətɪɹˈjɛl/

Noun

materiel (countable and uncountable, plural materiels)

1. Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies.
   • 2012 December 15, Tudor Van Hampton, “Check-to-Check Combat Over Vintage War Matériel”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.

Anagrams

• realtime, real time, Lemaitre, eremital, real-time

Etymology

Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (“matter”), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Adjective

materiel

1. material

Noun

materiel n (singular definite materiellet, not used in plural form)

1. equipment, supplies
2. hardware

References

• “materiel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Alternative forms

• materil, materiil (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch materieel, from Middle Dutch materiael, from Middle French material, from Old French material, from Latin māteriālis. Doublet of material.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mateˈri(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧êl

Adjective

materiêl

1. material (having to do with matter; consisting of matter)

Adjective

materiel m (feminine singular materiela, masculine plural materiei, feminine plural materieles)

1. material, physical

Adjective

materiel

1. Alternative form of material

Etymology

Borrowed from French matériel, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māterĭa (“matter”), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Noun

materiel c

1. equipment, supplies, hardware