materas

See also: mâteras

French

Verb

materas

1. second-person singular future of mater

Anagrams

• armâtes, ramâtes, ratâmes, tarâmes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• matras, matres, matrasse, matrace, materaz, materes

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French matras, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat(ə)rəs/, /ˈmat(ə)ras/, /mat(ə)ˈraːs/

Noun

materas (plural materases or materas)

1. A mattress; a pad or cushioning for sleeping upon.
2. (anatomy, rare) A pad or cushion in one's body.

Descendants

• English: mattress
• Scots: mattrass

References

• “materas, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Old French

Noun

materas oblique singular, m (oblique plural materas, nominative singular materas, nominative plural materas)

1. Alternative form of matras

Spanish

Noun

materas

1. plural of matera