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Materiel
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Maˊtéˊriˊel′
,Noun.
[F. See
Material
.] Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; – used in a collective sense.
2.
Specifically:
(Military)
The arms, munitions, baggage, equipment, provisions, etc., of an army.
Definition 2024
matériel
matériel
See also: materiel
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Late Latin māteriālis (“material, made of matter”), from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”) from māter (“mother”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.te.ʁjɛl/
Noun
matériel m (plural matériels)
Adjective
matériel m (feminine singular matérielle, masculine plural matériels, feminine plural matérielles)
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French, from Late Latin māteriālis (“material, made of matter”), from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”) from māter (“mother”).
Noun
matériel m (plural matériels)