hyle
Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the four elements…Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the four elements arose according to Empedocles and Aristotle.
US/hˈaɪl/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the four elements arose according to Empedocles and Aristotle.
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of matter, physical substance.
Origin
From Medieval Latin hyle, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”), particularly in AFrom Medieval Latin hyle, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”), particularly in Aristotle as πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “protomatter, fundamental undifferentiated matter”).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsmatterA1protomatterphysical substance
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable