mát

Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

mát f

1. genitive plural of máta

Faroese

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

• máta (to measure)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)

1. (chess) checkmate
   • seta ein mát

     to checkmate someone

   • mát uttan skák

     mate without check (stalemate)

Declension

Derived terms

• máta (to checkmate)

Etymology 3

? From English mate.

Noun

mát n (no declension)

1. (in expressions) mate, friend
   • vera (væl í) mát

     to be friends

   • vera illa í mát

     to be foes

   • teir eru einki mát

     they are not particularly good friends

   • pápi og hann vóru sovorðið mát

     daddy and him were such good friends

Hungarian

Etymology

ma +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: mát

Noun

mát

1. accusative singular of ma

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauːt/

  Rhymes: -auːt

Noun

mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)

1. (chess) checkmate

Declension

Derived terms

• máta (to checkmate)
• peðmát (checkmate with a pawn)

Pacoh

Etymology

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

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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

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• Homophone: mác (southern Vietnam)

Adjective

mát • (沫, 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

References

• "mát" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)