mát

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

mát f

  1. genitive plural of máta

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)

  1. measure
  2. measuring tool / device / instrument
  3. unit of measurement
Declension
Declension of mát
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið mát mátini
accusative mát mátið mát mátini
dative máti mátinum mátum mátunum
genitive máts mátsins máta mátanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)

  1. (chess) checkmate
Declension
Declension of mát (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið
accusative mát mátið
dative máti mátinum
genitive máts mátsins
Derived terms

Etymology 3

? From English mate.

Noun

mát n (no declension)

  1. (in expressions) mate, friend

Hungarian

Etymology

ma +‎ -t

Pronunciation

Noun

mát

  1. accusative singular of ma

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)

  1. (chess) checkmate

Declension

    Declension of mát
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mát mátið mát mátin
accusative mát mátið mát mátin
dative máti mátinu mátum mátunum
genitive máts mátsins máta mátanna

Derived terms

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat.

Pronunciation

Noun

mát 

  1. (anatomy) eye

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-maːc.

The sense "cray-cray" is possibly also a phono-semantic matching with English mad, although the word is unlikely to be actually derived from English as it has the synonym ấm (warm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mát (, 𠖾, 𩗂, 𫖼)

  1. (of weather or temperature) cool
    Antonyms: ấm, nóng
  2. (of food or drink) pleasant, soothing, agreeable, goes down easily
    Synonym: mát ruột
    Antonyms: nóng, nóng ruột
  3. smoothly ironic
  4. a little short of the weight shown on the scale
  5. (slang) cray-cray
    Synonym: ấm

Derived terms

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