matras

(Αγγλικός)

  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

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/maːˈtrɑs/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).

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