mattress

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• /ˈmætɹɪs/
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From Middle English materas, from Old French, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Compare divan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dyshek — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Jicarilla: gołjóon — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Arabic: فِرَاش (firāš) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Arabic: مَرْتَبَة (martaba) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Algerian Arabic: مَطْرَح (meṭraḥ) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Arabic: مرتبة (martaba) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Arabic: دوشق (dawšag) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Arabic: فرشة (farše) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Armenian: ներքնակ (nerkʻnak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Armenian: դոշակ (došak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Asturian: colchón — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Asturian: xergón — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Azerbaijani: döşək — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Azerbaijani: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• West Coast Bajau: kasur — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Basque: lastaira — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Basque: koltxoi — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Belarusian: матра́с (matrás) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Belarusian: матра́ц (matrác) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Bengali: তোশক (tōśok) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Bhojpuri: गद्दा (gaddā) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Bulgarian: матра́к (matrák) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Bulgarian: дюше́к (djušék) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Burmese: မွေ့ရာ (mwe.ra) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Catalan: matalàs — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Cebuano: kutson — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Chavacano: colchon — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Cherokee: ᎠᏤᏍᏙ (atsesdo) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Chinese Cantonese: 床褥 — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 床墊 /床垫 (chuángdiàn) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ngazidja Comorian: goɗoro — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Crimean Tatar: töşek — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Czech: matrace — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Danish: madras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Dutch: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Esperanto: matraco — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Estonian: madrats — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Faroese: madrassa — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Finnish: patja — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• French: matelas — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Galician: colchón — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Galician: xergón — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Galician: almadraque — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Georgian: ლეიბი (leibi) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Georgian: მატრასი (maṭrasi) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• German: Matratze — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Greek: στρώμα (stróma) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ancient Greek: στρῶμα (strôma) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ancient Greek: στρωμνή (strōmnḗ) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Gujarati: ગાદલું (gādlũ) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Haitian Creole: matla — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hebrew: מִזְרָן (mizrán) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hiligaynon: koltson — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hindi: गद्दा (gaddā) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hindi: गादी (gādī) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hindi: गद्दी (gaddī) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hindi: तोशक (tośak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hungarian: matrac — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hungarian: ágybetét — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Hunsrik: Matratz — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Icelandic: dýna — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Indonesian: kasur — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Indonesian: tilam — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Indonesian: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Interlingua: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Italian: materasso — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Japanese: 布団 (futon) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Japanese: マットレス (mattoresu) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kabuverdianu: koltxon — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kannada: ಮೆತ್ತೆ (mette) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Karachay-Balkar: тёшек (töşek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kazakh: матрас (matras) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Khmer: ពូក (puuk) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Korean: 매트리스 (maeteuriseu) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Korean: 요 (yo) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Korean: 침대깔개 (chimdaekkalgae) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kumyk: тёшек (töşek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Central Kurdish: دۆشەگ (doşeg) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Central Kurdish: دۆشەک (doşek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Northern Kurdish: doşek — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Northern Kurdish: mitêl — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Northern Kurdish: binrax — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kyrgyz: матрас (matras) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lao: ຟູກ (fūk) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lao: ເບາະ (bǫ) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Latin: culcita — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Latvian: matracis — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lithuanian: čiužinys — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lithuanian: matracas — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lun Bawang: tilem — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Macedonian: душек (dušek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Malay: tilam — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Brunei Malay: tilam — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Maltese: mitraħ — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠰᡥᡝ (sishe) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Māori: whāriki moenga — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Māori: takapau — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Marathi: गादी (gādī) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Marshallese: būton̄ — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Mongolian: гудас (gudas) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Khiamniungan Naga: tháthúam — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Nepali: गद्दा (gaddā) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Nogai: тоьсек (tösek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Norman: matenas — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Norwegian Bokmål: madrass — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Norwegian Nynorsk: madrass — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Oromo: firaashii — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Pashto: توشکه (tošaka) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Dari: توشَک (tōšak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Iranian Persian: تُشَک (tošak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Iranian Persian: دوشَک (dušak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Iranian Persian: بَرْخوابِه (barxâbe) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Plautdietsch: Madrauz — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Polish: materac — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Portuguese: colchão — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Réunion Creole French: matla — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Romanian: saltea — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Russian: матра́с (matrás) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Russian: матра́ц (matrác) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Kildin-Sami: пе̄ренҍ (pier’en’) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: ду̀шек — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀драц — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: dùšek — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Serbo-Croatian: màdrac — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Sicilian: matarazzu — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Sicilian: matrazzu — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Slovak: matrac — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Slovene: vzmetnica — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Lower Sorbian: matraca — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Upper Sorbian: matraca — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Spanish: colchón — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Swahili: godoro — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Swahili: mto — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Swedish: madrass — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tagalog: kutson — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tajik: тӯшак (tüšak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tajik: бистар (bistar) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tajik: матрас (matras) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tamil: மெத்தை (mettai) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Taos: pį̏ęʼéna — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Telugu: పరుపు (parupu) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Telugu: మెత్త (metta) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Thai: ฟูก (fûuk) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Thai: เบาะ (bɔ̀) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tibetan: ཉལ་གདན (nyal gdan) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Tofa: төъһек — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Turkish: döşek — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Turkish: yatak — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Turkish: şilte — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ottoman Turkish: دوشك (döşek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ottoman Turkish: شلته (şilte) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Ukrainian: матра́ц (matrác) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Unami: ànansun — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Urdu: توشَک (tośak) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Urdu: گَدَّا (gaddā) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Urum: тӧшек — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Uyghur: تەشتەك (teshtek) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Uyghur: ماتراس (matras) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Uzbek: toʻshak — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Uzbek: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Vietnamese: nệm — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Volapük: matrad — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Welsh: matras — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Welsh: matrasau — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Yiddish: מאַטראַץ (matrats) — a pad on which a person can recline and sleep
• Dutch: zinkstuk — engineering: a flat structure of brushwood or similar material used to provide a foundation for a structure including embankments