matroos
See also: Matroos
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Etymology edit
From Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”).
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matroos m (plural matrozen, diminutive matroosje n)
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- Afrikaans: matroos
- → Lokono: matoroso
- → Caribbean Javanese: matrus
- → Danish: matros
- → English: matross
- → German: Matrose
- → Hungarian: matróz
- → Indonesian: matros
- → Japanese: マドロス
- → Papiamentu: matros, matroos
- → Russian: матро́с (matrós)
- → Sranan Tongo: matrosi
- → Swedish: matros
- → Finnish: matruusi
- → West Frisian: matroas
References edit
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “matroos”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001