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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdommage matériel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /dɔmaʒ matɛʁjɛl/
"L'incendie a causé des dommages matériels considérables."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Physical injury or harm to property, objects, or tangible assets.
"The severe storm caused significant material damage to several residential buildings." - 2
In law and insurance, loss or destruction of physical property as opposed to bodily injury or economic loss.
"The company's commercial insurance policy covers both public liability and material damage."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English words 'material', stemming from Latin 'materialis' (pertaining to matter), and 'damage', coming from Latin 'damnum' (loss, harm). The combined legal and insurance term emerged in modern legal parlance to distinguish physical destruction of property from financial or non-tangible losses.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Material damage" is said worldwide
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dommage matériel
Transliteration: /dɔmaʒ matɛʁjɛl/
"L'incendie a causé des dommages matériels considérables."
Sachschaden
Transliteration: /ˈzaxˌʃaːdn̩/
"Bei dem Unfall entstand nur geringer Sachschaden."
danno materiale
Transliteration: /ˈdanno mateˈrjale/
"Il maltempo ha provocato ingenti danni materiali in città."
daño material
Transliteration: /ˈdaɲo mateˈɾjal/
"El terremoto causó daños materiales en la infraestructura."
dano material
Transliteration: /ˈdɐnu mateɾiˈaw/
"A seguradora vai cobrir o dano material causado pelo temporal."
सामग्री की क्षति
Transliteration: samagri ki kshati
"तूफान के कारण भारी सामग्री की क्षति हुई।"
财产损失
Transliteration: cánchǎn sǔnshī
"这场火灾造成了巨大的财产损失。"
물적 손해
Transliteration: muljeok sonhae
"태풍으로 인해 심각한 물적 손해가 발생했습니다."
物的損害
Transliteration: butteki songai
"事故により多大な物的損害が出ました。"
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