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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
materiel
materiel
See also: matériel
English
Alternative forms
Noun
materiel (plural materiels)
Translations
military equipment, apparatus and supplies
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From French matériel, from New Latin materialis, from Latin māterĭa (“matter”), from mater, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).
Adjective
materiel
Inflection
| Inflection of materiel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | materiel | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | materielt | — | —2 |
| Plural | materielle | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | materielle | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Noun
materiel n (singular definite materiellet, not used in plural form)
References
Ladin
Adjective
materiel m (feminine singular materiela, masculine plural materiei, feminine plural materieles)
Swedish
Noun
materiel c
Declension
Declension of materiel
| uncountable | uncountable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | materiel | materielen | ||
| genitive | materiels | materielens | ||