matto

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtːo/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːo
• Syllabification^(key): mat‧to

matto

1. carpet, mat, rug

   lentävä matto ― flying carpet

2. (figuratively, chiefly in compounds) mat (thick layer of something that resembles a mat or carpet)

   ruohomatto ― mat of grass

3. (athletics) mat (floor pad to protect athletes)
4. mat, blasting mat (heavy, flexible cover, often made of used rubber tires and used to prevent debris from flying around during rock blasting)
5. (dialectal) tapestry, esp. of rya type
6. Synonym of kuli (“certain old unit of measure for weight”)

• (athletics): tatami (floor pad in some martial arts)
• (tapestry): seinävaate, ryijy

• “matto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• matot

From Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), itself either from a contraction of a form *madĭtus (as a past participle of Latin madeō), or madidus (“drunk, tipsy”). Cognate to French mat (“matte, pale”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.to/
• Rhymes: -atto
• Hyphenation: màt‧to

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matto (feminine matta, masculine plural matti, feminine plural matte)

1. mad, crazy

   Synonym: pazzo

   • 1981, “Sarà perché ti amo”, in …E penso a te, performed by Ricchi e Poveri:

     Se il mondo è matto / Che cosa c'è di strano? / Ma tutto è matto / Almeno noi ci amiamo

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matto m (plural matti, feminine matta)

1. madman

   Synonym: pazzo

2. Ellipsis of scacco matto (“checkmate”).

• Motta, motta

matto

1. Rōmaji transcription of マット

matto

1. nominative singular masculine of matta (“intoxicated”)

matto

1. first-person singular present indicative of mattar