matelas
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French materas, probably from Italian materasso (perhaps via Frankish), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “carpet, place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Doublet of matras.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matelas m (plural matelas)
- mattress
- (colloquial) wad (of notes)
- Synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “matelas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.