matras
See also: matrâs
Dutch
Pronunciation
matras (file) - 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 مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).
Noun
matras n or f (plural matrassen, diminutive matrasje n)
- A mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
- By extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
- (slang, derogatory) A slut, 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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tʁɑ/
Etymology 1
From Gaulish [Term?].
Anagrams
Further reading
- “matras” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Middle English
Old French
Noun
matras m (oblique plural matras, nominative singular matras, nominative plural matras)
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