doormat

English

Etymology

From door + mat

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌmæt/ X-SAMPA: /"dO:(r)%m{t/

Noun

Wikipedia doormat (plural doormats)

1. A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

   Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.

2. (figuratively) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.

   He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.

Translations

coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house

• Bulgarian: изтривалка (bg) (iztrivalka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 門墊 (cmn), 门垫 (cmn) (méndiàn), 門口地墊 (cmn), 门口地垫 (cmn) (ménkǒu dìdiàn), 擦腳墊 (cmn), 擦脚垫 (cmn) (cājiǎodiàn)

• Czech: rohožka (cs) f
• Danish: dørmåtte (da) c
• Dutch: deurmat (nl) m and f
• Finnish: ovimatto (fi), kynnysmatto (fi)
• French: paillasson (fr) m, essuie-pieds (fr) m
• German: Fußmatte (de) f, Fußabstreifer (de) m

• Greek: πατάκι (el) (patáki) n
• Hungarian: lábtörlő (hu)
• Italian: zerbino (it) m
• Japanese: ドアマット (ja) (doamatto), 靴拭き (ja) (くつふき, kutsufuki), マット (ja) (matto)
• Macedonian: подметка (mk) (pódmetka) f, бришалка (mk) (bríšalka) f
• Polish: wycieraczka (pl) f
• Russian: половик (ru) (polovík) m (для вытира́ния о́буви), коврик (ru) (kóvrik) m, циновка (ru) (cinóvka) f (esp. made of straw)
• Spanish: felpudo (es) m
• Swedish: dörrmatta (sv) c

someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes

• French: carpette (fr) f
• Italian: zerbino (it) m
• Macedonian: мивка (mk) (mívka) f

• Russian: тряпка (ru) (trjápka) f
• Swedish: dörrmatta (sv) c

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• Hebrew: שפשפת (he) (shafshefet)