matras

See also: matrâs

Contents

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

matras

1. plural of matra

AnagramsEdit

• Matars, Satmar, Smarta, tramas

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• matras

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧tras

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic [script needed] ((al)matrah), itself perhaps from [script needed] ((al)motrah).

NounEdit

matras n, f (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)

1. A mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
2. By extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
3. (slang, pejorative) A slut, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous

Derived termsEdit

• (types):
  • matraslinnen n
  • matrasdek n
  • matrassenmaker m
  • matrasvulling

Etymology 2Edit

From French matras, from Arabic [script needed] (mathara, “leather bag”).

NounEdit

matras ? (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)

1. (obsolete) A container of several types:
   1. an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver
   2. a leather bag
   3. a urinal

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ma.tʁɑ/

Etymology 1Edit

From Gaulish [Term?].

NounEdit

matras m (plural matras)

1. a crossbow's square, with a cylindric or quadrangular head

Etymology 2Edit

From Arabic [script needed] (mathara, “leather bag”).

NounEdit

matras m (plural matras)

1. an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver

AnagramsEdit

• tramas

Further readingEdit

• “matras” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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IndonesianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Dutch matras.

NounEdit

matras

1. mattress

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English matrass.

NounEdit

matras

1. (chemistry) bolthead flask.

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Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

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

1. mattress