matelas

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French materas, probably from Italian materosso (perhaps via Frankish), from Arabic مطرح (maṭraḥ) ‘carpet, place where something is thrown’, from طرح (ṭaraḥa) ‘to throw’.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /matla/
• SAMPA: /mat.la/

[edit] Noun

matelas m. (plural matelas)

1. mattress
2. (colloquial) wad (of notes)