matter

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , from , in which case cognate with 🇨🇬 and. More recently, referred to. .

, from 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  Material; substance.
 * 2)  Anything with mass.
 * 3)  Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
 * 4) A kind of substance.
 * 5)  material, especially in books or magazines.
 * 6)  Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives, and becomes.
 * 7) An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
 * 8) An approximate amount or extent.
 * 9)  Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
 * 10)  ; pith; embodiment.
 * 11)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1) An approximate amount or extent.
 * 2)  Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
 * 3)  ; pith; embodiment.
 * 4)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1) An approximate amount or extent.
 * 2)  Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
 * 3)  ; pith; embodiment.
 * 4)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1)  Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
 * 2)  ; pith; embodiment.
 * 3)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1)  Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
 * 2)  ; pith; embodiment.
 * 3)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
 * 1)  (The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

Usage notes

 * As regards sense 2 ("an affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or one that is problematic"), the phrase the matter can in most cases be replaced by the . Thus, a phrase like "there is nothing the matter" can be reworded as "there is nothing wrong".

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: পদাৰ্থ
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: матэ́рыя
 * Bengali:
 * Bihari: पदार्थ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Doteli: पदार्थ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მატერია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὕλη
 * Gujarati: પદાર્થ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Materje
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: damhna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: материя
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ماکە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: материя
 * Lao: ສະສານ, ທາດ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: matērija
 * Lithuanian: materija
 * Macedonian: материја
 * Maithili: पदार्थ
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: matū
 * Marathi: पदार्थ
 * Middle English: matere
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: पदार्थ
 * Newar: पदार्थ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Odia:
 * Old English: andweorc
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਪਦਾਰਥ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тва̑р, ма̀те̄рија
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: පදාර්ථය
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, , tvar
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, likhatas
 * Tajik: модда
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: материя,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: དངོས་པོ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: materiýa
 * Ukrainian: мате́рія
 * Urdu: مادہ
 * Uyghur: ماددا, ماتېرىيە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (物質)
 * West Frisian: matearje
 * Yiddish: מאַטעריע


 * Arabic: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: damhna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: (物質)
 * West Frisian: matearje


 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὕλη
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, damhna
 * Old Irish: adbar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: matū
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ма̀те̄рија
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Ukrainian:, мате́рія
 * Vietnamese: (物質)
 * West Frisian: matearje


 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: спра́ва,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Farefare: yelle
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρᾶγμα
 * Gujarati: બાબત, વાત
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Maori: take
 * Ottoman Turkish: امر
 * Plautdietsch: Sach
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пи́та̄ње
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: zadeva
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * West Frisian: saak
 * Yoruba: ọrọ̀
 * Zulu:, udaba


 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: спра́ва
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Farefare: yelle
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρᾶγμα
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: ,
 * Manchu: ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
 * Maori: kaupapa, take, kiko
 * Ottoman Turkish: امر
 * Plautdietsch: Sach
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: بات, معاملہ
 * Vietnamese: (役)
 * Yiddish: ענין
 * Zulu:


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Maori: take
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian: saak


 * Dutch:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: (3, 4)
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:

Verb

 * 1)  To be important.
 * 2)  To care about, to mind; to find important.
 * , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
 * Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof
 * 1)  To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
 * 1)  To care about, to mind; to find important.
 * , Folio Society 1973, p.47:
 * Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof
 * 1)  To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
 * 1)  To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: saakmaak
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: имам значение
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: belangrijk zijn, er toe doen,
 * Esperanto: gravi
 * Finnish:, olla merkitystä,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: importar
 * German: wichtig sein, etwas ausmachen,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: importar
 * Irish: miste
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 重要である
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, pertineo ad,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, være viktig, spille en rolle, ha betydning
 * Old English: mǣnan
 * Polish: mieć znaczenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: име́ть значе́ние, быть ва́жным
 * Scottish Gaelic: is coma
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бити битно, имати значење, имати важност
 * Roman: biti bitno, imati značenje, imati važnost
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ма́ти зна́чення
 * Yiddish: אויסמאַכן

Verb

 * 1) to checkmate

Noun

 * 1)  (Etymology 1)

Noun

 * 1)  (Etymology 1)