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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman matere, from Latin māteria.
- mater, materie, matier, matiere, mateer, matire, matir, matyre, matyr, mature, matur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtɛːr(ə)/, /ˈmatər(ə)/, /ˈmaːtər(ə)/
Noun
matere (plural materes)
- Matter or stuff; that which things are composed of:
- Primordial, crude or essential matter; matter without complication.
- (rare) The real essence or body of something (as opposed to its form or permutations)
- (rare, theology) The physical actions or part of a Christian ritual.
- A material or substance; something which things are created or made from:
- A thing or substance which forms part of a larger whole; a component.
- An ingredient or part of a recipe; that which is used to make alongside other things.
- The germ of something; something which other things are developed or grown from.
- One of a human body's liquids or fluids; a biofluid:
- A harmful, disease-bringing, or deleterious bodily fluid.
- (rare) Partially digested food while sitting in the stomach.
- A pursuit, occurrence, condition, or event, especially when problematic:
- A debate, argument, or contestation between two sides.
- (law) A lawsuit or litigation; legal action or activity.
- A recounting, recollection, or narration of an event (whether written or verbal)
- A topic or theme; an area of knowledge or discussion:
- The primary area or topic discussed in a piece of literature.
- The primary theme, point or thesis of a piece of literature.
- A science; an discipline, branch, or area of formal knowledge.
- The information or informants one draws upon for a work; the matter used as source.
- The (usually intrinsic or innate) state or characteristics of something.
- One's motivation, justification, or reasoning for an action.
- Wood or timber, especially when used to stoke a fire.
- (rare) A twig or bough; a portion of a plant or tree.
- (rare) The internal liquids of a plant or tree.
- (rare) A specific, fully-formed object.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Latin māter (“mother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
matere
- (rare, Late Middle English) womb
- ante 1475: Ludus Coventriæ, XLI: “The Assumption of the Virgin”, lines 5–8
- At fourten yer sche conseyved Cryste in hire matere clere,
- And in the fiftene yer sche chyldyd, this avowe dare I;
- Here lyvyng wyth that swete sone thre and thretty yere,
- And after his deth in erthe xij. yer dede sche tary.
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
matere
- genitive plural of mati
- nominative plural of mati
- accusative plural of mati
- vocative plural of mati