Meanings
nounmateriel (countable and uncountable, plural materiels)
plural materiels · alternative matériel
- countableuncountableMilitary equipment, apparatus, and supplies.
Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.
2012 December 15, Tudor Van Hampton, “Check-to-Check Combat Over Vintage War Matériel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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Origin
- Frenchmatériel
- Englishmateriel
Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.
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Chinese Mandarin 軍需品 /军需品, 軍需 /军需
- 軍需品 /军需品 (jūnxūpǐn)military equipment, apparatus and supplies
- 軍需 /军需 (jūnxū)military equipment, apparatus and supplies
Estonian sõjatehnika
- sõjatehnikamilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
Finnish arsenaali
- arsenaalimilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
French matériel
- matérielmilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
German Ausrüstung
- Ausrüstungmilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
Italian equipaggiamento, materiale
- equipaggiamentomilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
- materialemilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
- armamentimilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
Portuguese material militar
- material militarmilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
Russian иму́щество, те́хника
- иму́щество (imúščestvo)military equipment, apparatus and supplies
- те́хника (téxnika)military equipment, apparatus and supplies
- матча́сть (matčástʹ)military equipment, apparatus and supplies
Spanish material militar, material bélico
- material militarmilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
- material bélicomilitary equipment, apparatus and supplies
Thai ยุทโธปกรณ์
- ยุทโธปกรณ์military equipment, apparatus and supplies
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APA
materiel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiel
MLA
“materiel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “materiel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiel.
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