matras

(Engels)

1. (feminine, neuter) a mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
2. (feminine, neuter) by extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
3. (derogatory, feminine, neuter, slang) a slut, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/maːˈtrɑs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: matrasse

Verwante met Oksitaans: almatrac

Verwante met Spaans: almadraque

Verwante met Portugees: almadraque

In summary

From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).

Sinonieme

stro

Vertalings

mattress

colchón

matelas

Matratze

colchão

materasso

materac

döşek

matalàs

doşek

culcita

binrax

mitêl

στρώμα

Steppbett

Sinne

Een goede matras is niet te zacht .

A good mattress is not too soft.