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material noun

  /məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/ , /məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/ , /mɛˈʈir(ɪ)jəl/
  • A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
  • Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
  • Cloth to be made into a garment; woven fabric.
  • (rare) The materiel of an army.
 materiale

material adjective

  /məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/ , /məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/ , /mɛˈʈir(ɪ)jəl/
  • Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
  • Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
  • (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
  • (especially, law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
  • Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
  • (obsolete) Full of substance or otherwise meaning.
  • (obsolete) In an important degree.
 materiale

materialism noun

  /məˈtɪəɹiəlɪzəm/ , /məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/
  • Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
  • (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.
 materialismo

materialize verb

  • (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
 materializzare
raw material
materia prima
building material
materiale da costruzione
reading material
materiale di lettura
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