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English

Etymology
From OF. #French|substance.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-substance.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. Physical matter; material.
2. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
3. Considerable wealth or resources.

#:A man of substance.

1. drugs

#:substance abuse

Translations
trans-top|matter
Czech: látka f
Danish: substans, masse
Dutch: substantie f
Finnish: aine, materia
French: substance f
Hebrew: he-translation|���ר|khómer m
German: Substanz f
Greek: ο��ία (usia) f
Latvian: viela f
trans-mid
Norwegian: substans m, masse m
Polish: substancja f
Russian: ве�е��во (veš�estvó) n
Portuguese: substância f
Swedish: ämne n, substans c
Telugu: పదార�థమ� (padaarthamu)
Turkish: madde
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trans-top|essential part
Danish: substans, hovedindhold
Finnish: ydin, substanssi
French: substance f
German: Substanz f
Greek: ο��ι�δη� (usiodes) m
Hebrew: he-translation|ת���|tókhen m
trans-mid
Norwegian: substans m
Portuguese: substância f
Swedish: substans c
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trans-top|true meaning
Danish: indhold, substans
Dutch: kern, essentie f
German: Substanz f
Greek: ο��ία (usia) f
Hebrew: he-translation|���ת|mahút f
Norwegian: essens m, kjerne m
trans-mid
Portuguese: substância f
Swedish: substans c
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trans-top|considerable wealth
Danish: formue
Finnish: vara|varat
German: Substanz f
Norwegian: formue m
Russian: ве� (ves) m
trans-mid
Swedish: resurs c
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trans-top|drugs
Finnish: aine|aineet
German: Substanz f
Greek: να�κ��ικά (narkotika) n p, να�κ��ικέ� ο��ίε� (narkotikes usies) f p
trans-mid
Norwegian: narkotika
Russian: ве�е��во (veš�estvó) n
Swedish: substans c
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ttbc|Albanian: lëndë
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�ادة (mádda) f
ttbc|Azeri: madd�
ttbc|Bulgarian: ве�е��во (vešestvo) n
ttbc|Chinese: �質, �质 (wùzhí)
ttbc|Dutch: substantie
ttbc|Esperanto: substanco
ttbc|Estonian: aine
ttbc|Hungarian: tartalom
ttbc|Indonesian: bahan
ttbc|Interlingua: substantia
ttbc|Italian: sostanza f
ttbc|Japanese: �� (����) (jittai), �質 (����, busshitsu)
mid
ttbc|Korean: �체 (silche), 물� (muljil)
ttbc|Lithuanian: turinys
ttbc|Middle English: substaunce
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|خ�اص� (kholâseh)
ttbc|Polish: istota f
ttbc|Romanian: substanţ� f
ttbc|Slovak: hmota f
ttbc|Spanish: sustancia f
ttbc|Turkish: madde
ttbc|Uyghur: (madda)
ttbc|Vietnamese: chất
ttbc|Welsh: sylwedd
ttbc|Yiddish: ��ַ�ער�ע (materye)

Related terms
stand under
subsist
substantial
substantive
understand

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French

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

Noun
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