matériellement (-rièl-mān), adv., materially; coarsely, grossly, roughly.
maternel, -le, adj., maternal, motherly. Parents —s; relations on the mother’s side. Langue —le; mother-tongue.
maternellement (-nèl-mān), adv., maternally.
maternité, n.f., maternity.
mâteur, n.m., (nav.) mast-maker.
mathématicien (-siin), n.m., mathematician.
mathématique, n.f., mathematics. —s pures; pure mathematics. —s mixtes; mixed mathematics. Etudier les —; to study mathematics. [Rarely used in the singular.]
mathématique, adj., mathematical.
mathématiquement (-tik-mān), adv., mathematically.
matière (ma-ti-èr), n.f., matter; substance, stuff, fluid; subject, cause, reason, motive, grounds; theme, contents. — brute, — première; raw material. —s d’or et d’argent; bullion. S’élever au-dessus de la —; to soar above matter. Donner — à parler; to give occasion for talking. En — de; in point of, in matters of.