English

Noun

matras

1. plural of matra

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧tras

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic [script needed] ‎((al)matrah), itself perhaps from [script needed] ‎((al)motrah).

Noun

matras n, f ‎(plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)

1. A mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
2. By extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
3. (slang, pejorative) A ****, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous

Derived terms

• (types):
  • matraslinnen n
  • matrasdek n
  • matrassenmaker m
  • matrasvulling

Etymology 2

From French matras, from Arabic [script needed] ‎(mathara, “leather bag”).

Noun

matras ? ‎(plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)

1. (obsolete) A container of several types:
   1. an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver
   2. a leather bag
   3. a urinal

French

Etymology 1

From Gaulish [Term?].

Noun

matras m ‎(plural matras)

1. a crossbow's square, with a cylindric or quadrangualar head

Etymology 2

From Arabic [script needed] ‎(mathara, “leather bag”).

Noun

matras m ‎(plural matras)

1. an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver

Anagrams

• tramas

Indonesian

Noun

matras

1. A mattress, pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on

Old French

Noun

matras m ‎(oblique plural matras, nominative singular matras, nominative plural matras)

1. mattress