matto

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Swedish matta (“carpet”) < Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtːo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtːo
• Syllabification^(key): mat‧to

Noun

matto

1. carpet, mat, rug

   lentävä matto ― flying carpet

2. (figuratively, chiefly in compounds) mat (thick layer of something that resembles a mat or carpet)

   ruohomatto ― mat of grass

3. (athletics) mat (floor pad to protect athletes)
4. mat, blasting mat (heavy, flexible cover, often made of used rubber tires and used to prevent debris from flying around during rock blasting)
5. (dialectal) tapestry, esp. of rya type
6. Synonym of kuli (“certain old unit of measure for weight”)

Declension

Synonyms

• (athletics): tatami (floor pad in some martial arts)
• (tapestry): seinävaate, ryijy

Derived terms

Further reading

• “matto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• matot

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.to/
• Rhymes: -atto
• Hyphenation: màt‧to

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Adjective

matto (feminine matta, masculine plural matti, feminine plural matte)

1. mad, crazy

   Synonym: pazzo

   • 1981, “Sarà perché ti amo”, in …E penso a te, performed by Ricchi e Poveri:

     Se il mondo è matto / Che cosa c'è di strano? / Ma tutto è matto / Almeno noi ci amiamo

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Noun

matto m (plural matti, feminine matta)

1. madman

   Synonym: pazzo

2. Ellipsis of scacco matto (“checkmate”).

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Motta, motta

Japanese

Romanization

matto

1. Rōmaji transcription of マット

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

matto

1. nominative singular masculine of matta (“intoxicated”)

Portuguese

Verb

matto

1. first-person singular present indicative of mattar