matte

See also: Matte, matté, mätte, måtte, and maťte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Homophones: mat, Matt
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

matte (plural mattes)

1. (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

   Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout

   The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

2. (film) A background, often painted or created with computers

   Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.

3. (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

Translations

decorative border around a picture

• Finnish: passepartout (fi), kehyskartonki, kehyspahvi, aukkopahvi, paspartuu, paspartuuri
• German: Passepartout (de) n
• Hungarian: paszpartu
• Macedonian: паспарту n (paspartu)
• Portuguese: passe-partout m
• Russian: паспарту́ (ru) n (paspartú)

film: type of painted background

• Finnish: mattamaalaus

metal sulfide phase

• Finnish: metallikivi
• Japanese: 鈹 (ja) (かわ, kawa)

Adjective

matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)

1. (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.

   Synonyms: (UK) matt, flat

   Antonym: glossy

   Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.

   a matte lipstick

Translations

not reflective of light

• Basque: mate (eu)
• Bulgarian: матов (bg) (matov)
• Czech: matný (cs) m
• Dutch: mat (nl)
• Finnish: himmeä (fi), kiilloton (fi), matta (fi)
• French: mat (fr) m, mate (fr) f
• German: matt (de)
• Irish: neamhlonrach
• Italian: opaco (it) m
• Macedonian: мат n (mat)
• Maori: pīatakore
• Persian: مات‎ (fa) (mât)
• Portuguese: mate (pt) m
• Romanian: mat (ro)
• Russian: ма́товый (ru) (mátovyj)
• Slovene: mat (sl), matiran
• Spanish: mate (es)
• Swedish: matt (sv), opak (sv)
• Turkish: donuk (tr), mat (tr), opak (tr)

Further reading

• matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tatem

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

matte

1. Inflected form of mat

Verb

matte

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of matten
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of matten

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

matte

1. inflection of matter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -atə

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.te/
• Rhymes: -atte
• Hyphenation: màt‧te

Adjective

matte pl

1. plural of matta

Noun

matte f

1. plural of matta

Anagrams

• metta

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Japanese

Romanization

matte

1. Rōmaji transcription of まって

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• mat

Etymology

From Old English meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat(ə)/

Noun

matte (plural mattes or matten)

1. mat (piece of coarse material)
2. (rare) A coarse pad for a bed.

Descendants

• English: mat (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: mat

References

• “matte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

1. a mat or rug

Derived terms

• dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

1. to make something dull, matt
2. to deliver a checkmate

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

1. a mat or rug

Derived terms

• dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

1. to make something dull, matt

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• मत्ते (Devanagari script)
• মত্তে (Bengali script)
• මත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
• မတ္တေ or မတ်တေ (Burmese script)
• มตฺเต or มัตเต (Thai script)
• ᨾᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຕ຺ເຕ or ມັຕເຕ (Lao script)
• មត្តេ (Khmer script)

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matta (“intoxicated”):
   1. locative singular masculine/neuter
   2. accusative plural masculine
   3. vocative singular feminine

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Swedish

Adjective

matte

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of matt.

Noun

matte c

1. female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.

   Ja var är matte? Var är matte?

   Yes where is mommy? Where is mommy?

2. (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.

   Är du klar med matten tills imorgon?

   Are you done with the math for tomorrow?

3. Alternative spelling of mate (“maté”)
4. 16th–17th century spelling of matta (“coarse protective material”)

Declension

Declension of matte
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	matte	matten	mattar	mattarna
Genitive	mattes	mattens	mattars	mattarnas

Antonyms

• (female pet owner): husse (“master, male owner”)

See also

• husse

References

• matte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• metat, temat