Feminine
Matratze
Meaning
- (feminine) mattress (a pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, feminine, slang, vulgar) clipping of Dorfmatratze: town bicycle
Concepts
matelas
colchón
matras
döşek
doşekFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈtʁat͡sə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German materaz, from Old French materas, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ). The modern German form was influenced by older Italian materazzo and/or Medieval Latin matracium, from the same Arabic source. (The Old French form may have been borrowed via Italian, too.)
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