Matratze
German (Berlin)
/maˈtʁat͡sə/
noun
Definitions
- mattress a pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on
- (vulgar) a promiscuous woman; whore; slut
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German materaz derived from Old French materas derived from Arabic مَطْرَح (place where something is thrown) derived from Italian materazzo derived from Latin matracium.
Origin
Latin
matracium
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- matracium Latin
- Dorf German
- Dorfmatratze German
- materasso Italian
- materazzo Italian
- matras Dutch, Flemish
- матра́с Russian
- madrass Norwegian Bokmål
- madrass Norwegian Nynorsk
- materas Middle English
- madras Danish
- مَطْرَح Arabic
- materas Old French
- matras Old French
- matraco Esperanto
- matras Indonesian
- matrasse Middle Dutch
- matracis Latvian
- matras Afrikaans
- matenas Norman
- materaz Middle High German