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• US: [mæʔ(t̚)]
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Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”).

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A clipped form of matinee.

From Russian мат (mat), abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَصِيرَة (ḥaṣīra) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Arabic: حصيرة (ḥaṣīra) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Arabic: دَعَّاسة (daʕʕāsa) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Baba Malay: tiker — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Bangi: litoko — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Bulgarian: изтривалка (iztrivalka) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Catalan: estora — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 席 (xí) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 門口地墊 /门口地垫 (ménkǒu dìdiàn) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 擦腳墊 /擦脚垫 (cājiǎodiàn) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ngazidja Comorian: tapi — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ngazidja Comorian: mkeka — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɗao — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Czech: rohožka — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Danish: måtte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Dutch: mat — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Dutch: deurmat — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Esperanto: mato — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Fataluku: petu — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Finnish: matto — foot wiping device or floor covering
• French: paillasson — foot wiping device or floor covering
• French: tapis — foot wiping device or floor covering
• French: carpette — foot wiping device or floor covering
• French: natte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• German: Matte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ancient Greek: κάνης (kánēs) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ancient Greek: φορμός (phormós) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ancient Greek: ψίαθος (psíathos) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Hindi: पायदान (pāydān) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Hungarian: lábtörlő — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Hungarian: gyékény — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Icelandic: motta — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Indonesian: tikar — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Italian: stuoia — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Italian: stoino — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Italian: graticcio — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Italian: zerbino — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Japanese: マット (matto) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Kikuyu: mũgeka — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Korean: 매트 (maeteu) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Latin: teges — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Latin: storea — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Lingala: litoko — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Malay: tikar — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Malayalam: പായ (pāya) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Malayalam: തടുക്ക് (taṭukkŭ) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Māori: whāriki — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Māori: tūhara — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Middle English: matte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Mongolian: чийрс (čiirs) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Norwegian Bokmål: matte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: matte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ojibwe: anaakan — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Old English: meatte — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Persian: زیلو (zilu) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Pohnpeian: lohs — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Polish: wycieraczka — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Polish: mata — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Portuguese: capacho — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Portuguese: esteira — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Romanian: rogojină — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Russian: ко́врик (kóvrik) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Russian: полови́к (polovík) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Russian: цино́вка (cinóvka) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Russian: мат (mat) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Russian: подсти́лка (podstílka) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Somali: dermo — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Spanish: alfombrilla — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Spanish: felpudo — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Spanish: limpiabarros — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Spanish: felpo — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Spanish: choapino — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Swahili: mkeka — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Swedish: matta — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Tabaru: jongutu — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Tarifit: ajartir — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Tarifit: tajartitš — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ternate: jongutu — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Tetum: biti — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Thai: พรม (prom) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Thai: พรมเช็ดเท้า — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Tibetan: གདན (gdan) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Turkish: paspas — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Ottoman Turkish: حصیر (hasır) — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Welsh: mat — foot wiping device or floor covering
• Bulgarian: подложка (podložka) — protector
• Chinese Mandarin: 桌墊 /桌垫 (zhuōdiàn) — protector
• Dutch: mat — protector
• Dutch: onderlegger — protector
• Dutch: placemat — protector
• Finnish: alunen — protector
• German: Matte — protector
• German: Unterlage — protector
• Italian: sottopiatto — protector
• Russian: подста́вка (podstávka) — protector
• Spanish: salvamanteles — protector
• Spanish: posavasos (coaster) — protector
• Swedish: matta — protector
• Thai: เสื่อ (sʉ̀ʉa) — protector
• Azerbaijani: döşəkçə — athletics: protective pad
• Bulgarian: постилка (postilka) — athletics: protective pad
• Dutch: mat — athletics: protective pad
• Dutch: turnmat — athletics: protective pad
• Finnish: matto — athletics: protective pad
• German: Matte — athletics: protective pad
• Italian: materassino — athletics: protective pad
• Polish: mata — athletics: protective pad
• Russian: мат (mat) — athletics: protective pad
• Russian: подсти́лка (podstílka) — athletics: protective pad
• Spanish: colchoneta — athletics: protective pad
• Swedish: matta — athletics: protective pad
• Finnish: takku — thickly tangled mess
• French: épais fouillis — thickly tangled mess
• Hungarian: csomó — thickly tangled mess
• Irish: straille — thickly tangled mess
• Russian: ком (kom) — thickly tangled mess
• Russian: клубо́к (klubók) — thickly tangled mess
• Russian: of hair колту́н (koltún) — thickly tangled mess
• Finnish: matto — thin layer of fiber as reinforcement
• Finnish: kangas — thin layer of fiber as reinforcement
• Russian: подсти́лка (podstílka) — thin layer of fiber as reinforcement
• German: mit Matten auslegen — cover, protect, decorate with mats
• Bulgarian: оплитам (oplitam) — form a thick tangled mess
• German: verfilzen — form a thick tangled mess