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Definition for: substance

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English

Etymology

From Latin substantia , substance or essence , noun form from present participle substans , from substare , exist , lit. stand under , from stare , stand

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
substance

Plural
substances

substance ( plural substances )

  1. Physical matter; material.
  2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
    1. that element of an object without which it would not exist
    2. the true meaning of something spoken or written
  3. Considerable wealth or resources.
    A man of substance .
  4. drugs
    substance abuse

Translations

matter
  • Danish: substans, masse
  • Dutch: substantie f .
  • French: substance f .
  • Latvian: viela f .
  • Norwegian: substans m . , masse m .
  • Russian: вещество (veščestvó) n .
  • Portuguese: substância f .
  • Swedish: ämne n . , substans c .
  • Telugu: పదార్థము (padaarthamu)
essential part
  • Danish: substans, hovedindhold
  • French: substance f .
  • Norwegian: substans m .
  • Portuguese: substância f .
  • Swedish: substans c .
true meaning
  • Danish: indhold, substans
  • Dutch: kern, essentie f .
  • Norwegian: essens m . , kjerne m .
  • Portuguese: substância f .
  • Swedish: substans c .
considerable wealth
  • Danish: formue
  • Norwegian: formue m .
  • Russian: вес (ves) m .
  • Swedish: resurs c .
drugs
  • Norwegian: narkotika
  • Russian: вещество (veščestvó) n .
  • Swedish: substans c .
  • Albanian : lëndë
  • Arabic : مادة (mádda) f .
  • Azeri : maddə
  • Bulgarian : вещество (vešestvo) n .
  • Chinese : 物質, 物质 (wùzhí)
  • Czech : látka f .
  • Dutch : substantie
  • Esperanto : substanco
  • Estonian : aine
  • Finnish : aine
  • German : Substanz f .
  • Greek : ουσία (ousía) f .
  • Hebrew : חומר (khómer) m .
  • Hungarian : tartalom
  • Indonesian : bahan
  • Interlingua : substantia
  • Italian : sostanza f .
  • Japanese : 実体 (じったい) (jittai), 物質 (ぶっしつ, busshitsu)
  • Korean : 실체 (silche), 물질 (muljil)
  • Lithuanian : turinys
  • Middle English : substaunce
  • Persian : خلاصه (kholâseh)
  • Polish : istota f .
  • Romanian : substanţă f .
  • Russian : вещество (veščestvó) n .
  • Slovak : hmota f .
  • Spanish : sustancia f .
  • Turkish : madde
  • Uyghur : (madda)
  • Vietnamese : chất
  • Welsh : sylwedd
  • Yiddish : מאַטעריע (materye)

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