matto

Finnish

Etymology

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

Noun

matto

  1. carpet, mat, rug
  2. (figuratively) mat (chiefly in compound terms, 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

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

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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

Adjective

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

  1. mad, crazy

Noun

matto m (plural matti) feminine matta

  1. madman

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Japanese

Romanization

matto

  1. Rōmaji transcription of マット
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