materiaalisanan
Materiaalisanan is a term used in Finnish linguistic discussions to describe a class of nouns that designate materials or substances rather than individual objects. This category is often equated with English terms such as material nouns or substance nouns and includes words for liquids, metals, fabrics, minerals, and other raw materials used in making things.
Semantically, materiaalisanat express matter rather than discrete countable items. In many languages they behave as mass
In Finnish, examples include vesi (water), kulta (gold), teräs (steel), puu (wood). They are typically used with
The concept appears in Finnish grammar and broader linguistics as a way to classify nouns by referent