matou

See also: mátou, màtóu, mātou, mǎtou, mǎtóu, and Matou

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatou̯]

Verb

matou

1. third-person plural present of mást

French

Etymology

Perhaps from the Germanic personal name Marcou, Markolf (see Marcoux), or from a derivation of maître (“master”), or possibly imitative and akin to Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Homophone: matous

Noun

matou m (plural matous)

1. tom (male cat)

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: matou

Further reading

• “matou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

matou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar

Japanese

Romanization

matou

1. Rōmaji transcription of まとう

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French matou (“tom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

matou

1. (a) tom (male cat)

   Hypernyms: minou, sha

Portuguese

Verb

matou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar

Rapa Nui

Pronoun

matou

1. First person plural exclusive

   we (we, but not you)

See also

Rapa Nui personal pronouns

Independent
	singular	dual	plural
1st person (excl.)	au	māua	mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	tāua	tātou
2nd person	koe	kōrua
3rd person	ia	rāua