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Webster 1913 Edition

Mat

Mat

(măt)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Matte
.]
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
[Written also
matt
.]

Mat

,
Adj.
[OF. See 4th
Mate
.]
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
[Obs.]
When he saw them so piteous and so
maat
.
Chaucer.
3.
Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture;
as, a
mat
of weeds; a
mat
of hair.
4.
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the
mat
of a daguerreotype
.
Mat grass
.
(Bot.)
(a)
A low, tufted, European grass (
Nardus stricta
)
.
(b)
Same as
Matweed
.
–
Mat rush
(Bot.)
,
a kind of rush (
Scirpus lacustris
) used in England for making mats.

Mat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Matted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Matting
.]
1.
To cover or lay with mats.
Evelyn.
2.
To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
And o’er his eyebrows hung his
matted
hair.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mat

MAT

,
Noun.
[L. matta.]
1.
A texture of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, or other material, to be laid on a floor for cleaning the boots and shoes of those who enter a house, and for other purposes.
2.
A web of rope-yard, used in ships to secure the standing rigging from the friction of the yards, &c.

MAT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover or lay with mats.
1.
To twist together; to interweave like a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
2.
To press together; to lay flat; as matted grass.

Definition 2024

Mat

Mat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

English

Proper noun

Mat ‎(plural Mats)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.

Anagrams

mat

mat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"

English

Noun

mat ‎(plural mats)

mat
  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 hair; a mat of weeds
  5. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
    the mat of a daguerreotype
  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
Derived terms
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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)
  2. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
    • Dryden
      And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare matte.

Alternative forms

Noun

mat

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

Etymology 3

A clipped form of matinee.

Noun

mat ‎(plural mats)

  1. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (performance at a theater).
    • 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 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".

Etymology 4

A clipped form of material.

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.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mat m

  1. shore
  2. river bank

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːd/

Adjective

mat

  1. good

Related terms

Mutation

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat/

Etymology

Paneuropean word, from Persian شاه مات ‎(šāh māt, “the king died”).

Noun

mat m

  1. checkmate

Declension

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mat f ‎(plural matten, diminutive matje n)

  1. rug, mat
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

mat m ‎(plural matten)

  1. checkmate
Related terms
  • schaakmat

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

mat ‎(comparative matter, superlative matst)

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

Verb

mat

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

Etymology 4

See Dutch meten.

Verb

mat

  1. singular past indicative of meten

References

  • “mat” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Anagrams

Emilian

Alternative forms

  • mât (Modenese, Reggiano)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mat

Noun

mat m ‎(plural mat) (Mirandolese)

  1. insane

Synonyms

  • matùs (Carpigiano)

Faroese

Etymology

From the noun matur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛaːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːt
  • Homophone: mæt

Noun

mat

  1. accusative singular of matur.

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: ma

Adjective

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

  1. matt
  2. pale

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. checkmated

Noun

mat m ‎(plural mats)

  1. checkmate

References

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

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

mat

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

mat n ‎(genitive singular mats, nominative plural möt)

  1. (usually uncountable) evaluation

Declension

Lojban

Rafsi

mat

  1. rafsi of mapti.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑt/
    Rhymes: -ɑt

Preposition

mat

  1. with

Antonyms

Maricopa

Noun

mat

  1. earth

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian mati.

Noun

mat f

  1. mother

Declension

References

  • 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).

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːt/, [mɑːt̻]

Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mat m ‎(definite singular maten)

  1. food
Related terms
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

mat

  1. imperative of mate

References

  1. ↑ Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), ISBN 82-90520-17-4

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse matr.

Noun

mat m ‎(definite singular maten)

  1. food

Derived terms

References

Old French

Adjective

mat m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular mate)

  1. checkmated; in checkmate

Old Irish

Verb

mat

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of masu

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mat̪]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mat m anim

  1. checkmate
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Dutch maat.

Noun

mat m pers

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

Etymology 3

Borrowing from German matt.

Noun

mat m inan

  1. matt, matte, dull colour or surface
Declension
Derived terms
  • matowy

Etymology 4

Noun

mat

  1. Genitive plural form of mata

Romansch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mat]

Etymology

From Latin marītus.

Noun

mat m

  1. boy

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat/

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?], from Persian شاه مات ‎(šâh mât, “the king is left unable to escape”).

Noun

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

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

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

References

  • mat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑːt/

Etymology

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

Noun

mat c

  1. food

Declension

Derived terms

References

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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