mat

See also: Variations of "mat"

mat - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: măt, IPA: /mæt/
  • (US) enPR: măt, IPA: /mæt/, [mæʔ(t̚)]
  • Homophones: Matt, matte

Noun

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.
  2. 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.
  3. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
    • The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
  4. A thickly tangled mess.
    • a mat of weeds
  5. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  6. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
    • Iceland moss growing in a mat

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

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.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: оплитам (bg) (oplitam)

Alternative forms

Noun

mat

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

Noun

mat (plural mats)

  1. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (performance at a theater).

Noun

mat (plural mats)

  1. (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
    • To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.
  2. material

Derived terms


Noun

mat (plural mats)

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

Noun

mat (plural mats)

  1. (printing) Short for matrix.

Adjective

mat

  1. Alternative form of matte (not reflecting light)

Anagrams

mat - Ainu

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mat/

Noun

mat (Kana spelling マッ)

  1. (mainly in compounds) woman, female
  2. wife

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (woman): okkayo (man)
  • (wife): hoku (husband)

Derived terms

  • matne (female)

mat - Albanian

Alternative forms

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

  • (sandy beach): ranishtë

mat - Atong (India)

Noun

mat

  1. wild animal

Derived terms

mat - Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /maːd/

Adjective

mat

  1. good

Mutation

Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixed
mat vat unchanged unchanged vat

mat - Catalan

Noun

mat m (plural mats)

  1. checkmate

Derived terms

mat - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈmat]

Noun

mat m inan

  1. checkmate

Declension

singular plural
nominative mat maty
genitive matu matů
dative matu matům
accusative mat maty
vocative mate maty
locative matu matech
instrumental matem maty

Derived terms

mat - Danish

Adjective

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

  1. dull, not shiny
  2. tired

mat - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɑt/
  • Hyphenation: mat

Noun

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

  1. rug, mat
  2. (hairstyle, chiefly diminutive) mullet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: mat

Noun

mat n (plural matten)

  1. checkmate

Adjective

mat (comparative matter, superlative matst)

  1. matte, not reflecting light
  2. dull, uninteresting

Inflection

Inflection of mat
uninflected mat
inflected matte
comparative matter

Derived terms

Verb

mat

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of matten
  2. imperative of matten

Verb

mat

  1. singular past indicative of meten

Anagrams

mat - Emilian

Alternative forms

  • mât (Modenese, Reggiano)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mat

Noun

mat m (plural mat) (Mirandola)

  1. insane

Synonyms

  • matùs (Carpigiano)

mat - Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɛaːt/
  • Homophone: mæt

Noun

mat

  1. accusative singular of matur.

Anagrams

mat - French

Adjective

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

  1. matt
  2. pale

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. checkmated

Noun

mat m (plural mats)

  1. checkmate

Derived terms


Anagrams

mat - Garo

Noun

mat

  1. squirrel

Prefix

mat

  1. prefix for mammals

mat - Gothic

Romanization

mat

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄

mat - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /maːt/

Noun

mat n (genitive singular mats, nominative plural möt)

  1. (usually uncountable) evaluation

Declension

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
  • meta (to evaluate)

Noun

mat

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

mat - Luxembourgish

Preposition

mat

  1. with

Antonyms

mat - Malay

Noun

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.

Derived terms

  • mat gian (a drug addict)
  • mat rempit (an illegal street racer)
  • mat rok (a heavy metal fan)
  • Mat Salleh (a White or European man)

mat - Maricopa

Noun

mat

  1. earth

mat - Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA: [mʲɑtˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA: /mʲætˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {mat}

Adjective

mat

  1. full (after eating), satiated

Adjective

mat

  1. cooked

mat - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /maːt/, /mat/

Interjection

mat

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

Descendants

Noun

mat

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

Descendants

Adjective

mat

  1. checkmated, defeated (in chess)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /maːt/, /mat/

Adjective

mat (plural and weak singular mate)

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

Noun

mat

  1. Alternative form of mate

Noun

mat

  1. Alternative form of matte

Verb

mat

  1. Alternative form of maten (to overpower)

mat - Northern Sami

Pronoun

mat

  1. nominative plural of mii

mat - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA: /maːt/, [mɑːt̻]

Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)

  1. food

Derived terms


Verb

mat

  1. imperative of mate

mat - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mat m (definite singular maten, uncountable)

  1. food

Derived terms

mat - Old French

Adjective

mat m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mate)

  1. checkmated; in checkmate

mat - Old Irish

Verb

mat

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of masu

mat - Paipai

Noun

mat

  1. land

mat - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mat/
  • Syllabification: mat

Noun

mat m anim

  1. checkmate

Declension

singular plural
nominative mat maty
genitive mata matów
dative matowi matom
accusative mata maty
instrumental matem matami
locative macie matach
vocative macie maty

Noun

mat m pers

  1. mate (a ship's officer)
  2. mate (in naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer)

Declension

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

Noun

mat m inan

  1. matt, matte, dull colour or surface

Declension

singular
nominative mat
genitive matu
dative matowi
accusative mat
instrumental matem
locative macie
vocative macie

Derived terms


Noun

mat f

  1. genitive plural of mata

mat - Romanian

Adjective

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

  1. matte

Declension

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

mat - Romansch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mat]

Noun

mat m

  1. boy

mat - Semai

Noun

mat

  1. eye

mat - Slavomolisano

Noun

mat f

  1. mother

Declension

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

mat - Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mat/

Noun

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

mat - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmat/ [ˈmat̪]
  • Syllabification: mat

Noun

mat m (plural mats)

  1. mat (for exercise)

mat - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɑːt/

Noun

mat c

  1. food

Declension

Declension of mat 

Derived terms

Anagrams

mat - Tok Pisin

Noun

mat

  1. sitting or sleeping mat

mat - Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mat/

Noun

mat (nominative plural mats)

  1. marriage, wedlock, matrimony

Declension

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

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of mat
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