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doormat

doormat

See also: door-mat

English

Noun

doormat ‎(plural doormats)

A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.
(figuratively) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.

Translations

coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house

Bulgarian: изтривалка (bg) f ‎(iztrivalka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門墊 (zh), 门垫 (zh) ‎(méndiàn), 門口地墊, 门口地垫 ‎(ménkǒu dìdiàn), 擦腳墊, 擦脚垫 ‎(cājiǎodiàn)
Czech: rohožka f
Danish: dørmåtte (da) c
Dutch: deurmat (nl) m, f
Esperanto: mato
Finnish: ovimatto (fi), kynnysmatto (fi)
French: paillasson (fr) m, essuie-pieds (fr) m
German: Fußmatte f, Fußabstreifer (de) m
Greek: πατάκι (el) n ‎(patáki)
Hungarian: lábtörlő (hu)

Ido: tapiseto (io)
Italian: zerbino (it) m, stuoino m, nettapiedi m
Japanese: ドアマット ‎(doamatto), 靴拭き ‎(くつふき, kutsufuki), マット (ja) ‎(matto)
Macedonian: подметка f ‎(pódmetka), бришалка f ‎(bríšalka)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: dørmatte m, f

Nynorsk: dørmatte f
Polish: wycieraczka (pl) f
Portuguese: capacho (pt) m
Russian: полови́к (ru) m ‎(polovík) (для вытира́ния о́буви), ко́врик (ru) m ‎(kóvrik), цино́вка (ru) f ‎(cinóvka) (esp. made of straw)
Spanish: felpudo m
Swedish: dörrmatta (sv) c
Tagalog: kuskusan ng paa

someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes

Danish: dørmåtte (da) c
Dutch: voetveeg m, f
Finnish: kynnysmatto (fi)
French: carpette (fr) f
Hungarian: papucs (hu), lábtörlő (hu)
Italian: zerbino (it) m
Macedonian: мивка f ‎(mívka)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: dørmatte m, f

Nynorsk: dørmatte f
Portuguese: capacho (pt) m
Russian: тря́пка (ru) f ‎(trjápka)
Swedish: dörrmatta (sv) c