mattant
Swedish
/²mɑːtˌtant/
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) a woman who serves food in a school canteen; lunch lady
Etymology
Compound from Swedish mat (food) + Swedish tant (lady, aunt).
Origin
Swedish
tant
Gloss
lady, aunt
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
婦
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tantta Finnish
- tante French
- bambamat Swedish
- bambatant Swedish
- dramaten Swedish
- mat Swedish
- mataffär Swedish
- matrum Swedish
- matsal Swedish
- matsmältning Swedish
- matspjälkning Swedish
- matstrupe Swedish
- matsäck Swedish
- matvana Swedish
- matvara Swedish
- skolmat Swedish
- snabbmat Swedish
- tant Swedish
- matr Old Norse