matto

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

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

matto

1. carpet, mat, rug
2. (figuratively) mat (chiefly in compound terms, 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

• 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

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

1. mad, crazy

matto m (plural matti, feminine matta)

1. madman
2. Clipping of scacco matto.

• pazzo

• Motta, motta

matto

1. Rōmaji transcription of マット

matto

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