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matière

matter, material, subject

noun mah-TYAIR Less Common

Also means

school subject

Usage Note

Matière spans physical matter (matière organique), academic subjects (les matières scolaires), and the abstract sense of topic (en matière de = 'in terms of, regarding'). En matière de droit is a common legal phrase. The phrase table des matières means 'table of contents'.

Examples

"La biologie est ma matière préférée."

Natural Translation

Biology is my favourite subject.

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