matta

From Japanese 待った (まった, matta).

matta

1. (sumo) The false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.

From Swedish matt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mat‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): mat‧ta

matta

1. matte (not reflective of light)

   Synonyms: himmeä, kiilloton

• “matta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• matat

matta

1. third-person singular past historic of matter

• matât

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

matta

1. digging stick

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: màt‧ta

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

matta f (plural matte)

1. (literary) mat

   Synonyms: stuoia, zerbino

matta f

1. feminine singular of matto

matta f (plural matte)

1. madwoman; female equivalent of matto
2. (card games) joker

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

matta

1. Rōmaji transcription of まった

From Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

• natta (Medieval Latin corruption)

matta f (genitive mattae); first declension

1. A mat made of rushes

First-declension noun.

matta

1. inflection of mattus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

mattā

1. ablative feminine singular of mattus

• “matta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• matten

matta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of matte (Etymology 1)

matta f

1. definite singular of matte (Etymology 1)

Inherited from Sanskrit मत्त (mattá). Cognate to Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (matta).

matta

1. past participle of majjati

matta

1. intoxicated
2. exultant

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560

matta f (plural mattas)

1. obsolete spelling of mata

matta

1. inflection of mattar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Audio; “en matta”:

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From Old Swedish matta, from Middle Low German matte, from Latin matta, probably from Punic or Phoenician.

matta c

1. a carpet, rug
2. a carpet; fabric used as a floor covering
3. a mat; a flat piece of coarse material for wiping one's feet
4. a mat; a floor pad to protect athletes
5. a bed; a piece of music over which a radio DJ (or other person) talks
   • 2025, 0:23 from the start, in Paradiso‎^[2] (YouTube short), spoken by Ahmet Yarama & Assaad Daoudi, via SR:

     –Det här är intervjun som man har tonsatt över en...
     –My guy, sänk mattan. Vad är det här?

     –This is the interview they've set to music...
     –Dude, turn down the bed. What is this?

• → Estonian: matt
• → Finnish: matto

matt +‎ -a

matta

1. inflection of matt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

matta (present mattar, preterite mattade, supine mattat, imperative matta)

1. (usually in the passive) to make less intense or weaker
2. (chess) to checkmate

• mattas av
• utmatta

• matta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• matat