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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French matraz, from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara).
Pronunciation
Noun
matràs m (plural matrassos)
- flask (laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes)
Further reading
- “matràs”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “matràs”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “matràs” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “matràs” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.