matte
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matte (plural mattes)
- (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).
- (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.
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
TranslationsEdit
decorative border around a picture
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film: type of painted background
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metal sulfide phase
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AdjectiveEdit
matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)
- (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.
TranslationsEdit
not reflective of light
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Further readingEdit
- matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
matte
VerbEdit
matte
- singular past indicative and subjunctive of matten
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of matten
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
matte
- inflection of matter:
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
matte
- inflection of matt:
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
matte pl
NounEdit
matte f
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
matte
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
matte (plural mattes or matten)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “matte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
matte
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
matte m (definite singular matten)
- short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
matte
- to make something dull, matt
- to deliver a checkmate
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
matte
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
matte m (definite singular matten)
- short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
matte
- to make something dull, matt
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Alternative forms
AdjectiveEdit
matte
- inflection of matta (“intoxicated”):
SwedishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
matte
NounEdit
matte c
- female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.
- Ja var är matte? Var är matte?
- Yes where is mommy? Where is mommy?
- (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.
- Är du klar med matten tills imorgon?
- Are you done with the math for tomorrow?
- Alternative spelling of mate (“maté”)
- 16th–17th century spelling of matta (“coarse protective material”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of matte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | matte | matten | mattar | mattarna |
Genitive | mattes | mattens | mattars | mattarnas |
AntonymsEdit
- (female pet owner): husse (“master, male owner”)