matelas
French
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editmatelas m (plural matelas)
- mattress
- (colloquial) wad (of notes)
- Synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “matelas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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