mat
English
/mæt/, /mæt/
noun
Definitions
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English matte inherited from Old English meatte derived from Latin matta.
Origin
Latin
matta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- biomat English
- board English
- coco English
- cocomat English
- crash English
- crashmat English
- demat English
- door English
- doormat English
- dust English
- dustmat English
- filter English
- filtermat English
- floor English
- floormat English
- grass English
- intermat English
- maker English
- making English
- matball English
- matboard English
- matgrass English
- matless English
- matlike English
- matmaker English
- matmaking English
- matty English
- matweed English
- play English
- playmat English
- slip English
- slipmat English
- table English
- tablemat English
- unmat English
- weed English
- *natta Latin
- matta Latin
- badmat Dutch, Flemish
- bakermat Dutch, Flemish
- deurmat Dutch, Flemish
- hangmat Dutch, Flemish
- mat Dutch, Flemish
- matglas Dutch, Flemish
- matglazen Dutch, Flemish
- matheid Dutch, Flemish
- matkop Dutch, Flemish
- mattenklopper Dutch, Flemish
- muismat Dutch, Flemish
- struikelmat Dutch, Flemish
- mata Spanish, Castilian
- matta Swedish
- meatte Old English
- matte Middle English
- dørmåtte Danish
- måtte Danish
- motta Icelandic
- emat Indonesian
- mat Middle Dutch
- matte Middle Dutch
- matta Old High German
- motta Faroese
- mata Old Portuguese
- matte Middle Low German
- meturã Aromanian
- umata Zulu
- mat Tok Pisin
- mata Sardinian