matto
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from Swedish matta (“carpet”) < Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”).
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
compounds
- aito matto
- ammematto
- hiirimatto
- hyppymatto
- juoksumatto
- juurimatto
- juuttimatto
- kaislamatto
- karvalankamatto
- kokolattiamatto
- korkkimatto
- kumimatto
- kuramatto
- kynnysmatto
- käytävämatto
- lattiamatto
- maissimatto
- matonkude
- mattokauppa
- mattokutomo
- mattoliike
- mattopaini
- mattopiiska
- mattosuutin
- mattotuomari
- mattoveitsi
- muovimatto
- nukkamatto
- nurmimatto
- ovenedusmatto
- ovimatto
- paimenmatto
- paimentolaismatto
- painimatto
- piikkimatto
- plyysimatto
- puuvillamatto
- rahkamatto
- riepumatto
- riippumatto
- ritilämatto
- rukousmatto
- ruohomatto
- ruokomatto
- ryijymatto
- räsymatto
- sammalmatto
- silkkimatto
- sisalmatto
- tekstiilimatto
- telamatto
- tuntomatto
- villamatto
- voimistelumatto
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), itself either from a contraction of a form *madĭtus (as a past participle of Latin madeō), or madidus (“drunk, tipsy”). Cognate to French mat (“matte, pale”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atto
Synonyms
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