How to pronounce matter
American English pronunciation
MAT-er
- IPA
- /ˈmætɚ/
- Syllables
- MAT · er (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What matter means
Most people know matter in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The stuff that everything around us is made of
In a sentence: Rocks, water and even the air you breathe are all made of matter.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin word materia, meaning wood or building stuff. That word possibly comes from mater, meaning mother.
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