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mat

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English

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Etymology 1

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a doormat (1)
 
a beer mat or coaster (2)
 
a yoga mat

From Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

Noun

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mat (plural mats)

  1. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
    Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
  3. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
    They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
  4. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
    The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
  5. A thickly tangled mess.
    a mat of weeds
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery.
  6. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  7. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
    Iceland moss growing in a mat
    • 2016 November 15, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals‎[1], page 222:
      The fad for blaming all mass extinctions (such as happened at the end of the Cretaceous when the dinosaurs vanished) on impacts of objects from space was extended to the Pleistocene in 2007. That year a group of scientists proposed that the North American extinctions were due to a comet or meteorite impact over the Carolinas, near the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, about 12,900 years ago. The original evidence for this supposed impact was a "black mat" of organic material in many Clovis sites, plus microscopic nano-diamonds in deep-sea cores, and rare Platinum group metals in Greenland ice cores from around 12,900 years ago.
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Descendants
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  • Tok Pisin: mat
  • → Japanese: マット (matto)
  • → Russian: мат (mat)
  • → Spanish: mat
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Verb

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mat (third-person singular simple present mats, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)

  1. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
  2. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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mat (plural mats)

  1. (video games, slang, chiefly Fortnite, in the plural) Clipping of material.
    I used up all my mats cranking 90s and ended up getting one-pumped.
    • 2019 October 24, Christopher Groux, “'Fortnite' Weapon Upgrade Guide - Upgrade Bench Locations & More”, in Newsweek‎[2], New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-30:
      Using a Weapon Upgrade Bench, it's possible to upgrade a Common Shotgun, for example, all the way to Legendary provided you've harvested enough mats to do so.
    • [2020 November 28, Gökhan Çakır, “Common Fortnite terms and their meanings”, in Dot Esports‎[3], archived from the original on 2023-05-21:
      While there are game modes where you can build without any requirements, you'll need to harvest materials to build in normal Fortnite games. Mats is the shortened version of materials.]
    • 2021 September 25, Alan Bernal, “Viral Fortnite TikTok trick shows how to use Armored Walls for easy kills”, in Dexerto‎[4], archived from the original on 2021-10-26:
      Fortnite added a new trap with the Armored Wall reinforcement for mats and one viral TikTok showed just how deadly the new item can be in a close fight.
    • 2022 July 16, Sarthak Chauhan, “Fortnite YouTuber using 1000 mats in less than 30 seconds shows exactly what not to do”, in Sportskeeda‎[5], archived from the original on 2023-05-29:
      The looper goes on laying more than a thousand mats in thirty seconds. He finally reaches his opponent, who is easily brought down with a shell of a shotgun and a burst of an SMG. Upon eliminating the opponent, he is ecstatic in celebration.
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Etymology 3

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Compare matte.

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Noun

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mat

  1. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.

Etymology 4

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A clipped form of matinee.

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mat (plural mats)

  1. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
    • 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
      A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".

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mat (plural mats)

  1. Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”)
    the mat of a daguerreotype

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Adjective

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mat

  1. Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”)
    • 2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:
      Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]

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etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "mat"

Etymology 7

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Noun

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mat (plural mats)

  1. (printing) Short for matrix.

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Ainu

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mat (Kana spelling マッ)

  1. (mainly in compounds) woman, female
  2. wife
    mat etun
    take a wife

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mat (Kana spelling マッ)

  1. take a wife
    te wano anak mat ka a=kor kusu ne.
    From now on, I'm going to get a wife, too.

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  • (antonym(s) of “woman”): okkayo (“man”)
  • (antonym(s) of “wife”): hoku (“husband”)

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *mata, from pre-Albanian *mn̥to, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Welsh mynydd, Latin mōns, Avestan mati).[1]

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mat m (plural mate, definite mati, definite plural matet)

  1. seacoast
  2. riverbank
  3. sandy shore, sandy beach

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mat”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

Atong (India)

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Etymology

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Cognate with Garo mat/Garo mat-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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mat

  1. wild animal

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *matis (compare Irish maith).

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Adjective

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mat

  1. good
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Mutation

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  Mutation of mat  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
mat vat unchanged unchanged vat

Catalan

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mat m (plural mats)

  1. checkmate

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Czech

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, literally “the king is amazed”).

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Noun

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mat m inan

  1. checkmate

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Declension of mat (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative mat maty
genitive matu matů
dative matu matům
accusative mat maty
vocative mate maty
locative matu matech
instrumental matem maty

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  • mat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mat in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

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Adjective

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mat (neuter mat, plural and definite singular attributive matte)

  1. dull, not shiny
  2. tired

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch matte, borrowed from Latin matta. Cognates include English mat and German Matte.[1]

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mat m or f (plural matten, diminutive matje n)

  1. rug, mat
  2. (hairstyle, chiefly diminutive) mullet
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  • → Papiamentu: mat

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat, borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).[1] Cognate to English checkmate.

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mat n (plural matten)

  1. checkmate
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch mat, borrowed from Old French mat, from Latin mattus (“depressed”).[1] See also French mat (adjective).

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mat (comparative matter, superlative matst)

  1. matte, not reflecting light
  2. dull, uninteresting
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Declension of mat
uninflected mat
inflected matte
comparative matter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mat matter het matst
het matste
indefinite m./f. sing. matte mattere matste
n. sing. mat matter matste
plural matte mattere matste
definite matte mattere matste
partitive mats matters —
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mat

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

Etymology 4

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See Dutch meten.

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mat

  1. singular past indicative of meten

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  • “mat” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

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Emilian

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  • mât (Modenese, Reggiano)

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  • Hyphenation: mat

Noun

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mat m (plural mat) (Mirandola)

  1. insane

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From the noun matur.

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mat

  1. accusative singular of matur.

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French

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Etymology 1

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Probably from Latin mattus, which is from madere; see Italian matto.[1]

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mat (feminine mate, masculine plural mats, feminine plural mates)

  1. matt
  2. pale
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of the French expression échec et mat, from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is ambushed”).

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mat (feminine mate, masculine plural mats, feminine plural mates)

  1. checkmated

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mat m (plural mats)

  1. checkmate

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “mat”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

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Garo

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mat

  1. squirrel

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mat

  1. prefix for mammals

Gothic

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Romanization

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mat

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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mat n (genitive singular mats, nominative plural möt)

  1. (usually uncountable) evaluation
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declension of mat
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mat matið möt mötin
accusative mat matið möt mötin
dative mati matinu mötum mötunum
genitive mats matsins mata matanna
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  • meta (“to evaluate”)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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mat

  1. inflection of matur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German mit, from Proto-Germanic *midi. Cognate with German mit, Dutch met, West Frisian mei, Icelandic með.

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Preposition

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mat

  1. with

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Malay

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Etymology

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Shortening of Ahmad or Muhammad, two common Malay names.

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mat (plural mat-mat, informal 1st possessive matku, 2nd possessive matmu, 3rd possessive matnya)

  1. (colloquial, slang) a certain person; a fellow; a dude.
  2. (colloquial, slang) a John Doe.

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Maricopa

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mat

  2. earth

Marshallese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Micronesian *masu, from Proto-Oceanic *masuʀ, contraction of Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mabosuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *bəsuʀ. Cognate with Tongan mahu (“abound in food”).

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mat

  1. full (after eating); satiated

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mat

  1. cooked

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French mat, a backformation from eschec mat (“checkmate”).

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Interjection

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mat

  1. (chess) Said when the opponent's king is captured.
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Noun

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mat

  1. checkmate, mate (moment of the opponent's king's capture)
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mat

  1. checkmated, defeated (in chess)
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Etymology 2

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From Old French mat (“defeated, tired”), from Late Latin mattus. Compare modern English matte.

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mat (plural and weak singular mate)

  1. vanquished, defeated, defenceless
  2. tired, fatigued
  3. depressed, sorrowful
  4. confused, afraid
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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mat

  1. Alternative form of mate

Etymology 4

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Noun

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mat

  1. Alternative form of matte

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mat

  1. Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)

Northern Sami

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Pronoun

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mat

  1. nominative plural of mii

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /maːt/, [mɑːt̻]

Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse matr. Cognates include: Danish mad, Swedish mat, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats), Old English mete (English meat).[1]

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mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)

  1. food
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mat

  1. imperative of mate

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  1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse matr.

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mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)

  1. food

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Old French

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mat m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mate)

  1. checkmated; in checkmate

Old Irish

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mat

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of masu
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
      I⟨s⟩ samlid trá is lobur ar n-irnigde-ni, mat réte frecndirci gesme, et nín·fortéit-ni in spirut oc suidiu.
      Thus then our way of praying is feeble if present things are what we ask for, and the spirit does not help us with this.

Paipai

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Noun

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mat

  1. land

Polish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic مَات (māt), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

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mat m animal

  1. (chess) checkmate
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Declension of mat
singular plural
nominative mat maty
genitive mata matów
dative matowi matom
accusative mata maty
instrumental matem matami
locative macie matach
vocative macie maty

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch maat.

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mat m pers

  1. (military, nautical) mate (ship's officer)
  2. (nautical) mate (in naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer)
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Declension of mat
singular plural
nominative mat maci/matowie
genitive mata matów
dative matowi matom
accusative mata matów
instrumental matem matami
locative macie matach
vocative macie maci/matowie

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from German matt.

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mat m inan

  1. matt, matte (dull colour or surface)
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Declension of mat
singular
nominative mat
genitive matu
dative matowi
accusative mat
instrumental matem
locative macie
vocative macie
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adjective

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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mat f

  1. genitive plural of mata

Further reading

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  • mat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mat.

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mat m or n (feminine singular mată, masculine plural mați, feminine and neuter plural mate)

  1. matte

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Declension of mat
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite mat mată mați mate
definite matul mata mații matele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite mat mate mați mate
definite matului matei maților matelor

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin marītus.

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mat m

  1. boy

Semai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Aslian *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Cognate with Khmer មាត់ (mŏət), Mon မတ် (mòt), Vietnamese mắt, Car Nicobarese mat.

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mat [1]

  1. eye

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  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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Etymology

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From Serbo-Croatian mati.

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mat f

  1. mother

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    declension of mat (series-2b fem)
singular plural
nominative mat
 matare
genitive matare, matre
 matr, matari, matri
dative mataru
 matrami, matari, matri, matr
accusative mataru
 matare
locative mataru
 matare
instrumental matarom, matrom
 matrami, matari, matri, matr

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  • Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

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Etymology

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Derived from Arabic مَاتَ (māta) in Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).

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mat m inan (genitive singular matu, nominative plural maty, genitive plural matov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. the final move in a chess game, the checkmate

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Declension of mat
singular plural
nominative mat maty
genitive matu matov
dative matu matom
accusative mat maty
locative mate matoch
instrumental matom matmi

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References

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  • “mat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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South Efate

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay. Cognate to Big Nambas im'a.

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mat

  1. to die

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mat.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmat/ [ˈmat̪]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: mat

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mat m (plural mats)

  1. mat (for exercise)

Swedish

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From Old Norse matr, from Proto-Germanic *matiz, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

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mat c

  1. food

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Declension of mat 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative mat maten — —
Genitive mats matens — —

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English mat.

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mat

  1. sitting or sleeping mat

Volapük

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mat (nominative plural mats)

  1. marriage, wedlock, matrimony

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declension of mat
singular plural
nominative mat mats
genitive mata matas
dative mate mates
accusative mati matis
vocative 1 o mat! o mats!
predicative 2 matu matus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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