matelas

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /matla/, SAMPA: /mat.la/

Noun

matelas m. (plural matelas)

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

Anagrams

• lamâtes, talâmes