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matto
matto
Finnish
Noun
matto
- carpet, mat, rug
- (figuratively) mat (chiefly in compound terms, thick layer of something that resembles a mat or carpet)
- ruohomatto
- mat of grass
- ruohomatto
- (athletics) mat (floor pad to protect athletes)
- mat, blasting mat (heavy, flexible cover, often made of used rubber tires and used to prevent debris from flying around during rock blasting)
- (dialectal) tapestry, esp. of rya type
Declension
| Inflection of matto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | matto | matot | |
| genitive | maton | mattojen | |
| partitive | mattoa | mattoja | |
| illative | mattoon | mattoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | matto | matot | |
| accusative | nom. | matto | matot |
| gen. | maton | ||
| genitive | maton | mattojen | |
| partitive | mattoa | mattoja | |
| inessive | matossa | matoissa | |
| elative | matosta | matoista | |
| illative | mattoon | mattoihin | |
| adessive | matolla | matoilla | |
| ablative | matolta | matoilta | |
| allative | matolle | matoille | |
| essive | mattona | mattoina | |
| translative | matoksi | matoiksi | |
| instructive | — | matoin | |
| abessive | matotta | matoitta | |
| comitative | — | mattoineen | |
Synonyms
- (athletics): tatami (floor pad in some martial arts)
- (tapestry): seinävaate, ryijy
Compounds
- aito matto
- hiirimatto
- juoksumatto
- kokolattiamatto
- kynnysmatto
- mattoveitsi
- ovimatto
- riippumatto
- ruohomatto
- räsymatto
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Late Latin *mattus from classical Latin madĭtus, past participle of madēre. Cognate to French mat (“mat, pale”).
Adjective
matto m (feminine singular matta, masculine plural matti, feminine plural matte)
Noun
matto m (plural matti) feminine matta
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