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See also MAT, Mat., mât, mať, mạt, and maț

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: măt, IPA: /mæt/, SAMPA: /m{t/
Audio (US)

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Homophones: Matt, matte
Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology

Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Phoenician (compare Hebrew miṭṭāh 'bed, couch').

[edit] Noun

mat (plural mats)

A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.

They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
(athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.

The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
A thickly tangled mess, of hair etc.

a mat a hair
A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

foot wiping device

Dutch: mat (nl) c., deurmat (nl) c.
German: Matte (de) f.
Hungarian: lábtörlő (hu)
Icelandic: motta (is) f.
Italian: stuoia (it) f.

Russian: коврик (ru) (kornik) m.
Spanish: alfombrilla f., felpudo m.
Swahili: mkeka (sw), mkeka (sw)
Swedish: matta (sv) c.
Turkish: paspas (tr)

protector

Dutch: mat (nl) c., onderlegger (nl) m., placemat (nl) c.
German: Matte (de) f.
Italian: sottopiatto (it) m.

Spanish: salvamanteles m., posavasos m. (coaster)
Swedish: matta (sv) c.

athletics: protective pad

Dutch: mat (nl) c., turnmat (nl) c.
German: Matte (de) f.
Italian: materassino (it) m.
Polish: mata (pl) f.

Russian: мат (ru) (mat) m.
Spanish: colchoneta f.
Swedish: matta (sv) c.

thickly tangled mess

Finnish: takku (fi)

Hungarian: csomó (hu)

border around frame

thin layer of fiber as reinforcement

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[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Translations

cover, protect, decorate with mats

form a thick tangled mess

[edit] Anagrams

AMT, atm, ATM, tam, TAM, TMA

[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mata, from pre-Albanian *mn̥to, from Proto-Indo-European *men ‘mountain’ (compare Welsh mynydd, Latin mōns, Avestan mati).

[edit] Noun

mat m.

shore
river bank

[edit] Breton

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From Proto-Celtic *mati- (compare Irish maith).

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IPA: /maːd/

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mat

good

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ma

[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /mat/

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

mat m.

checkmate

[edit] Declension

declension of mat

	singular	plural
nominative	mat	maty
genitive	matu	matů
dative	matu	matům
accusative	mat	maty
vocative	mate!	maty!
locative	matu	matech
instrumental	matem	maty

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑt
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 f. (plural matten, diminutive matje)

rug, mat

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placemat

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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mat m. (plural matten)

checkmate

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schaakmat

[edit] Etymology 3

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

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mat (comparative matter, superlative matst)

matte, not reflecting light
dull, uninteresting

[edit] Declension

Declension of mat

		positive	comparative	attributive	predicative/adverbial
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		mat	matter
neuter singular	indefinite	mat	matter
neuter singular	definite	matte	mattere	matste	het matst(e)
common singular		matte	mattere	matste	de matste
plural		matte	mattere	matste	de matste
partitive		mats	matters

[edit] Verb

mat

first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of matten.
imperative of matten.

[edit] Etymology 4

See Dutch meten.

[edit] Verb

mat

singular past indicative of meten.

[edit] References

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

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

[edit] Anagrams

tam

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

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

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IPA: /ma/
Rhymes: -a
Homophone: ma

[edit] Adjective

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

matt
pale

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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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)

checkmated

[edit] Noun

mat m. (plural mats)

checkmate

[edit] References

Notes:

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

[edit] Anagrams

AMT

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[edit] Romanization

mat

Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄

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[edit] Preposition

mat

with

[edit] Norwegian

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

mat m.

food

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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

[edit] Polish

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IPA: [mat̪]

[edit] Etymology 1

From Arabic (māt)

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mat m.

checkmate

[edit] Declension

declension of mat

	singular	plural
nominative	mat	maty
genitive	mata	matów
dative	matowi	matom
accusative	mata	maty
instrumental	matem	matami
locative	macie	matach
vocative	macie	maty

[edit] Etymology 2

From Dutch maat

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mat m.

mate (a ship's officer)
mate (in naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer)

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declension of mat

	singular	plural
nominative	mat	maci
genitive	mata	matów
dative	matowi	matom
accusative	mata	matów
instrumental	matem	matami
locative	macie	matach
vocative	macie	maci

[edit] Etymology 3

From German matt

[edit] Noun

mat m.

matt, matte, dull colour or surface

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	Singular only
Nominative	mat
Genitive	matu
Dative	matowi
Accusative	mat
Instrumental	matem
Locative	macie
Vocative	macie

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matowy

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[edit] Noun

mat

Genitive plural form of mata

[edit] Romansch

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IPA: [mat]

[edit] Etymology

From Latin marītus.

[edit] Noun

mat m.

boy

[edit] Slovak

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IPA: /ˈmat/

[edit] Etymology

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

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mat m. (genitive matu, plural maty)

The final move in a chess game, the checkmate.

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matový -á -é

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šach-mat

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IPA: /mɑːt/
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From Old Norse matr.

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mat c.

food

[edit] Declension

Declension of mat

	uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	mat	maten
genitive	mats	matens

[edit] Related terms

[vries_tollenaere-0] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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

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

[3] Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), ISBN 82-90520-17-4

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