mat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Breton 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Czech 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Derived terms 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Derived terms 4.2.1.2 Related terms 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Noun 4.3.1.1 Related terms 4.4 Etymology 3 4.4.1 Adjective 4.5 Etymology 4 4.5.1 Verb 4.6 References 5 French 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Pronunciation 5.1.2 Adjective 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Pronunciation 5.2.2 Adjective 5.2.3 Noun 5.3 References 6 Norwegian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 See also 6.3 References 7 Romansch 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Slovak 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Derived terms 8.2.2 Related terms 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Etymology 9.3 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: măt, IPA: /mæt/, SAMPA: /m{t/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Homophones: Matt, matte
• Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin matta

[edit] Noun

mat (plural mats)

1. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
2. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
3. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
4. A thickly tangled mess, of hair etc.
5. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
6. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.

[edit] Derived terms

• doormat
• mat slab
• place mat
• welcome mat

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[edit] Verb

to mat (third-person singular simple present mats, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)

1. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
2. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess.

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma:d/

[edit] Adjective

mat

1. good

[edit] Related terms

• ma

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mat/

[edit] Etymology

Paneuropean word, from Persian origin shāh māt (“the king is dead”).

[edit] Noun

mat m.

1. checkmate

[edit] Declension

[edit] Derived terms

• šachmat
• šach-mat
• dát mat
• matovat
• matový

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑt/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch matte, borrowed from Latin matta, which is borrowed from Phoenician. Cognates include English mat and German Matte.^[1]

[edit] Noun

mat c. (plural matten, diminutive matje)

1. rug, mat

[edit] Derived terms

• deurmat
• turnmat

[edit] Related terms

• placemat

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat (“‘checkmate’”), borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât), “‘the king is dead’”).^[1] Cognate to English checkmate.

[edit] Noun

mat c. (plural matten, diminutive matje)

1. checkmate

[edit] Related terms

• schaakmat

[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch mat, borrowed from Old French mat, from Latin mattus (“‘depressed’”).^[1] See also French mat (adjective).

[edit] Adjective

mat, matte (comparative matter, mattere; superlative matst, matste)

1. matte, not reflecting light
2. dull, uninteresting

[edit] Etymology 4

See Dutch meten.

[edit] Verb

mat

1. singular past tense of meten

[edit] References

• “mat” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

Probably from Latin mattus, whence Italian matto.^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: ma

[edit] Adjective

mat m. (f. mate, m. plural mats, f. plural mates)

1. matt
2. pale

[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of the French expression échec et mat, from Persian شاه مات (shah mat), “‘the king is dead’”).^[2]

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Homophones: mate, matent, mates, matte, mattent, mattes, math, maths

[edit] Adjective

mat m. (f. mate, m. plural mats, f. plural mates)

1. checkmated

[edit] Noun

mat m. (plural mats)

1. checkmate

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009). “mat”, Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French). Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert.
2. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009). “mat (2)”, Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French). Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse matr. Cognates include: Danish mad, Swedish mat, Gothic mats, Old English mete (English meat).^[1]

[edit] Noun

mat m.

1. food

[edit] See also

• føde
• næring

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), ISBN 82-90520-17-4

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin maritus.

[edit] Noun

mat m.

1. boy

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic, from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât), “‘the king is left unable to escape’”).

[edit] Noun

mat m. (genitive matu, plural maty)

1. The final move in a chess game, the checkmate.

[edit] Derived terms

• matový -á -é

[edit] Related terms

• šach-mat

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑːt/
•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse matr.

Declination for mat	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	mat	maten
Possessive form	mats	matens

[edit] Noun

mat c.

1. food