matt

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

matt (comparative more matt, superlative most matt)

1. (chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of matte

Noun

matt (plural matts)

1. (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”)
2. Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”)

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German matte, from Late Latin matta.

Noun

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)

1. mat (small rug)

Declension

Etymology 2

From German matt.

Adjective

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti, comparative matim, superlative kõige matim)

1. matte (dull)

Declension

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

Noun

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)

1. (chess) checkmate

Declension

Further reading

• “matt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

References

• matt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mat, with influence from Old French mat (“in checkmate”), a clipping of French échec et mat (“checkmate”), and French mat (“matt; pale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat/
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

matt (strong nominative masculine singular matter, comparative matter, superlative am mattesten)

1. dull (not shiny)
2. exhausted, weak, feeble (not lively, vigorous, energetic)
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 624:

Declension

Descendants

• → Polish: mat

See also

• schachmatt
• mattsetzen

Further reading

• “matt” in Duden online
• “matt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matadak.

Verb

matt

1. (Salaca) creep

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Homophone: Matt

Adjective

matt (masculine matten, neuter matt, comparative méi matt, superlative am mattsten)

1. matte, dull, wan
2. feeble, weary

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

matt

1. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

matt

1. Alternative form of mat (“tired”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mat and German matt.

Adjective

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattere, indefinite superlative mattest, definite superlative matteste)

1. (colour) dull, matt
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (glass) frosted

References

• “matt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French mat and German matt.

Adjective

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattare, indefinite superlative mattast, definite superlative mattaste)

1. (colour) dull, matt
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (glass) frosted

References

• “matt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German matt.

Adjective

matt

1. weak, faint

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat/

Adjective

matt (comparative mattare, superlative mattast)

1. weak, listless
2. (of colours) matte
3. (chess) checkmate, in the phrase göra någon matt

Declension

Antonyms

• (of colours): blank

Related terms

• mattsvart
• schack matt

See also

• mätt
• matta

References

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

Anagrams

• tamt