matras
English edit
Noun edit
matras
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Etymology edit
From Dutch matras, from Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matras (plural matrasse)
- A mattress.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).
Noun edit
matras n or f (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)
- A mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
- By extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
- (slang, derogatory) A slut, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: matras
- → Indonesian: matras
- → Russian: матрас (matras)
- → Sranan Tongo: matrasi
- → Saramaccan: mataási
- → West Frisian: matras
Etymology 2 edit
From French matras, from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “leather bag”).
Noun edit
matras m (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Provençal matrat (“arrow”), from Old French matras, from Latin matara, materis, madaris (“Celtic javelin”), a word of Celtic/Gaulish origin. Doublet of matras.
Noun edit
matras m (plural matras)
- a crossbow's square, with a cylindric or quadrangular head
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “leather bag”).
Noun edit
matras m (plural matras)
- an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver
Further reading edit
- “matras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A Work of Universal Reference in All Departments of Knowledge with a New Atlas of the World. (1906). United States: Century Company, p. 3660
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Indonesian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
matras (first-person possessive matrasku, second-person possessive matrasmu, third-person possessive matrasnya)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English matrass.
Noun edit
matras (first-person possessive matrasku, second-person possessive matrasmu, third-person possessive matrasnya)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
matras
- Alternative form of materas
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”), perhaps via Italian materasso.
Noun edit
matras oblique singular, m (oblique plural matras, nominative singular matras, nominative plural matras)