materialista

Catalan

Etymology

From material +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

materialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural materialistes)

1. materialist

Noun

materialista m or f by sense (plural materialistes)

1. materialist

Related terms

• materialisme

Further reading

• “materialista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “materialista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “materialista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “materialista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɛrɪjalɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

materialista m anim

1. materialist

Declension

Declension of materialista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	materialista	materialisté, materialisti
genitive	materialisty	materialistů
dative	materialistovi	materialistům
accusative	materialistu	materialisty
vocative	materialisto	materialisté, materialisti
locative	materialistovi	materialistech
instrumental	materialistou	materialisty

Related terms

• See mater

Further reading

• “materialista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “materialista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

From materiale +‎ -ista.

Adjective

materialista m or f by sense (masculine plural materialisti, feminine plural materialiste)

1. materialist

Noun

materialista m or f by sense (masculine plural materialisti, feminine plural materialiste)

1. materialist

Related terms

• materialismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From material +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.te.ɾi.aˈlis.tɐ/ [ma.te.ɾɪ.aˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.te.ɾjaˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.te.ɾi.aˈlis.tɐ/ [ma.te.ɾɪ.aˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.te.ɾjaˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.te.ɾi.aˈliʃ.tɐ/ [ma.te.ɾɪ.aˈliʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.te.ɾjaˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.te.ɾi.aˈlis.ta/ [ma.te.ɾɪ.aˈlis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ma.te.ɾjaˈlis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐˈliʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧te‧ri‧a‧lis‧ta

Adjective

materialista m or f (plural materialistas)

1. materialistic (overly concerned with material possessions and wealth)
2. (philosophy) materialistic (of or relating to philosophical materialism)

Noun

materialista m or f by sense (plural materialistas)

1. a materialistic person

Related terms

• matéria
• materialismo

Further reading

• “materialista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “materialista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From material +‎ -ista.

Adjective

materialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural materialistas)

1. materialist

Noun

materialista m or f by sense (plural materialistas)

1. materialist

Related terms

• materialismo

Further reading

• “materialista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025