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)

1. material (substance of which something is made)
2. matter (material things, things in general)

   matière organique ― organic matter

3. (physics) matter
4. matter (that which is thought)
5. content, matter (the thing in question)
6. 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

• matériau
• matériel

Further reading

• “matière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.