matelas

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French materas, probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian materasso (perhaps via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “carpet, place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tla/, /ma.tla/ ~ /ma.tlɑ/

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• Rhymes: -a, -ɑ

Noun

matelas m (plural matelas)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lamâtes, talâmes