mat
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: măt, IPA(key): /mæt/
- (US) enPR: măt, IPA(key): /mæt/, [mæʔ(t̚)]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: Matt, matte
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
NounEdit
mat (plural mats)
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
- A thickly tangled mess.
- a mat of weeds
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
- But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Iceland moss growing in a mat
- 2016 November 15, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals[1], page 222:
- The fad for blaming all mass extinctions (such as happened at the end of the Cretaceous when the dinosaurs vanished) on impacts of objects from space was extended to the Pleistocene in 2007. That year a group of scientists proposed that the North American extinctions were due to a comet or meteorite impact over the Carolinas, near the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, about 12,900 years ago. The original evidence for this supposed impact was a "black mat" of organic material in many Clovis sites, plus microscopic nano-diamonds in deep-sea cores, and rare Platinum group metals in Greenland ice cores from around 12,900 years ago.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
mat (third-person singular simple present mats, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] ”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- Be careful now to keep the Doors and Windows of your Conservatories well matted
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Compare matte.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
mat
- (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
Etymology 3Edit
A clipped form of matinee.
NounEdit
mat (plural mats)
- (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
- 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 6, page 27:
Etymology 4Edit
A clipped form of material.
NounEdit
mat (plural mats)
- (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
- To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.
Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
mat (plural mats)
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”)
- the mat of a daguerreotype
Etymology 6Edit
NounEdit
mat (plural mats)
Etymology 7Edit
AdjectiveEdit
mat
- Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”)
- 2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance (page 264)
- Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]
- 2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance (page 264)
AnagramsEdit
AinuEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat (Kana spelling マッ)
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- matne (“female”)
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *mata, from pre-Albanian *mn̥to, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Welsh mynydd, Latin mōns, Avestan mati).[1]
NounEdit
mat m (indefinite plural mate, definite singular mati, definite plural matet)
SynonymsEdit
- (sandy beach): ranishtë
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 247
Atong (India)Edit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Garo mat/Garo mat-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
NounEdit
mat
- wild animal
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *matis (compare Irish maith).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat
Related termsEdit
MutationEdit
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
mat m (plural mats)
Derived termsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king died”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat m
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat (neuter mat, plural and definite singular attributive matte)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch matte, borrowed from Latin matta. Cognates include English mat and German Matte.[1]
NounEdit
mat m or f (plural matten, diminutive matje n)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: mat
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat, borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).[1] Cognate to English checkmate.
NounEdit
mat n (plural matten)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Dutch mat, borrowed from Old French mat, from Latin mattus (“depressed”).[1] See also French mat (adjective).
AdjectiveEdit
mat (comparative matter, superlative matst)
- matte, not reflecting light
- dull, uninteresting
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of mat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mat | |||
| inflected | matte | |||
| comparative | matter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | mat | matter | het matst het matste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | matte | mattere | matste |
| n. sing. | mat | matter | matste | |
| plural | matte | mattere | matste | |
| definite | matte | mattere | matste | |
| partitive | mats | matters | — | |
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
mat
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of matten
- imperative of matten
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
mat
ReferencesEdit
- “mat” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
- Notes:
AnagramsEdit
EmilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- mât (Modenese, Reggiano)
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: mat
NounEdit
mat m (plural mat) (Mirandola)
SynonymsEdit
- matùs (Carpigiano)
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the noun matur.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat
- accusative singular of matur.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Probably from Latin mattus, which is from madere; see Italian matto.[1]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat (feminine mate, masculine plural mats, feminine plural mates)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviation of the French expression échec et mat, from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is ambushed”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /mat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Homophones: mate, matent, mates, math, maths, mats, matte, mattent, mattes (general), mâte, mâtent, mâtes (some speakers)
AdjectiveEdit
mat (feminine mate, masculine plural mats, feminine plural mates)
NounEdit
mat m (plural mats)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Notes:
- ^ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “mat”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
Further readingEdit
- “mat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GaroEdit
NounEdit
mat
PrefixEdit
mat
- prefix for mammals
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
mat
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
mat n (genitive singular mats, nominative plural möt)
- (usually uncountable) evaluation
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- meta (“to evaluate”)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
mat
- inflection of matur:
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi. Cognate with German mit, Dutch met, West Frisian mei, Icelandic með.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
mat
AntonymsEdit
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortening of Ahmad or Muhammad, two common Malay names.
NounEdit
mat (plural mat-mat, informal 1st possessive matku, 2nd possessive matmu, 3rd possessive matnya)
- (colloquial, slang) a certain person; a fellow; a dude.
- (colloquial, slang) a John Doe.
Derived termsEdit
- mat gian (a drug addict)
- mat rempit (an illegal street racer)
- mat rok (a heavy metal fan)
- Mat Salleh (a White or European man)
Related termsEdit
MaricopaEdit
NounEdit
mat
MarshalleseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Micronesian *masu, from Proto-Oceanic *masuʀ, contraction of Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mabosuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *bəsuʀ. Cognate with Tongan mahu (“abound in food”).
AdjectiveEdit
mat
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
mat
ReferencesEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French mat, a backformation from eschec mat (“checkmate”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
mat
- (chess) Said when the opponent's king is captured.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- English: mate
ReferencesEdit
- “māt, interj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
NounEdit
mat
DescendantsEdit
- English: mate
ReferencesEdit
- “māt, interj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
AdjectiveEdit
mat
- checkmated, defeated (in chess)
ReferencesEdit
- “māt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French mat (“defeated, tired”), from Late Latin mattus. Compare modern English matte.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat (plural and weak singular mate)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “māt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
mat
- Alternative form of mate
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
mat
- Alternative form of matte
Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
mat
- Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)
Northern SamiEdit
PronounEdit
mat
- nominative plural of mii
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Rhymes: -aːt
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse matr. Cognates include: Danish mad, Swedish mat, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats), Old English mete (English meat).[1]
NounEdit
mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
mat
- imperative of mate
ReferencesEdit
- “mat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “mat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mate)
- checkmated; in checkmate
Old IrishEdit
VerbEdit
mat
- third-person plural present subjunctive of masu
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
- I⟨s⟩ samlid trá is lobur ar n-irnigde-ni, mat réte frecndirci gesme, et nín·fortéit-ni in spirut oc suidiu.
- Thus then our way of praying is feeble if present things are what we ask for, and the spirit does not help us with this.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
PaipaiEdit
NounEdit
mat
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Arabic مَات (māt), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).
NounEdit
mat m anim
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mat m pers
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
mat m inan
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
mat f
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mat m or n (feminine singular mată, masculine plural mați, feminine and neuter plural mate)
DeclensionEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat m
SemaiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Aslian *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Cognate with Khmer មាត់ (mŏət), Mon မတ် (mòt), Vietnamese mắt, Car Nicobarese mat.
NounEdit
mat [1]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
SlavomolisanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Serbo-Croatian mati.
NounEdit
mat f
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Arabic مَاتَ (māta) in Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat m inan (genitive singular matu, nominative plural maty, genitive plural matov, declension pattern of dub)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- mat in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
AnagramsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat m (plural mats)
- mat (for exercise)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse matr, from Proto-Germanic *matiz, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of mat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | mat | maten | — | — |
| Genitive | mats | matens | — | — |
Derived termsEdit
- andmat
- barnmat
- basmat
- bekvämmat
- bjudmat
- blodmat
- burkmat
- dietmat
- favoritmat
- fiskmat
- färdigmat
- hundmat
- hämtmat
- kattmat
- kvällsmat
- mata
- matad
- mataffär
- matare
- matavfall
- matback
- matberedare
- matbespisning
- matbestick
- matbit
- matbord
- matbox
- matbricka
- matbrist
- matbröd
- matbutik
- matdags
- matfett
- matfisk
- matfriare
- matfrisk
- matförgiftad
- matförgiftning
- matförråd
- matglad
- matgäst
- matho
- mathållning
- matig
- matinköp
- matjord
- matkasse
- matkniv
- matkonto
- matkontroll
- matkorg
- matkort
- matkostnad
- matkultur
- matkupong
- matkällare
- matkärl
- matkö
- matlag
- matlagare
- matlagerska
- matlagning
- matlust
- matlåda
- matmamma
- matmoder
- matmoms
- matmor
- matning
- matnyttig
- matolja
- matordning
- matos
- matpaket
- matpaus
- matpengar
- matplats
- matportion
- matpotatis
- matpris
- matranson
- matrast
- matrecept
- matrester
- matris
- matro
- matrum
- maträtt
- matsal
- matsedel
- matservering
- matservis
- matsilver
- matsked
- matskribent
- matsmältning
- matstrejk
- matstrejka
- matstrejkare
- matstrupe
- matställe
- matsvamp
- matsäck
- matte
- mattempel
- mattid
- mattvång
- matvanor
- matvara
- matvin
- matvrak
- matvrå
- matväg
- matvägra
- matvägran
- matvägrare
- matäpple
- middagsmat
- skräpmat
- smörgåsmat
- snabbmat
- vardagsmat
- nattmat
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mat
VolapükEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mat (nominative plural mats)